Chapter 213: Past Life
Wu Wang and the Dahan convoy are not worried that such a little woman will go north to that deserted place, once something happens, the hearts of these men will hurt for a lifetime.
However, Zhao Yan'er's firmness made it impossible for anyone to dissuade him, and Wuwang sent a team to escort Zhao Yan'er to the north for dozens of miles, wishing him good luck.
Everyone prayed for Zhao Yan'er, hoping that God would have a little longer eyes, and the emperor would live up to his wishes, let alone such a woman.
Zhao Yan'er left the escorted army, stumbling along the way to find Li Qing with tears in her eyes, but the world is so big, who knows where Li Qing is.
Every time she went to a lake or an oasis, Zhao Yan'er would kneel down and pray, praying to every mountain, every lake, every god in the Western Regions, and let them help.
Yan'er couldn't walk, sat down and took off his shoes to pinch his feet, smashed his legs, was thirsty, drank a sip of oasis water, was hungry, nibbled on a mouthful of dry food, and when he arrived at the tribe, Yan'er would beg them to give them something to eat, these kind herdsmen couldn't help but give more when they saw such a petite and beautiful girl, and persuaded her to go back, but Yan'er's heart was only understood by herself.
Keep walking, keep walking, I don't know how long the road ahead is, she is adrift alone in this desert where no one is around, every night when she hears the howl of a wolf, she is a noble girl who will hug herself and curl up, covering her ears, shedding tears, how much he expects Li Qing to suddenly appear in front of him.
Finally arrived in a small town, Zhao Yan'er, who was hungry and dusty, saw how delicious the beef and mutton in Northern Xinjiang was, how could he worry about this at home, but the only valuable thing on his body was that Li Qing gave him his own hosta back then, and Zhao Yan'er would not be his own hosta even if he starved to death.
Maybe it's God's favor, maybe it's God's tricks, Li Qing and Wu Yan also appeared in this town, they are going to Karamay, looking for their remaining brothers.
Wu Yan didn't give Li Qing the truth along the way, under Li Qing's constant questioning, Wu Yan told Li Qing the truth, Li Qing asked Wu Yan to go back quickly, he couldn't work so hard for an outsider, and Wu Yan cried, he was holding Li Qing and crying, Li Qing wanted to resist, but he wanted a woman to pay so much for herself, standing there in a daze, and at this moment Zhao Yan'er had just walked past Li Qing, and if she missed it once, what she would return would be a thousand years of waiting.
Wu Yan leaned on Li Qing's shoulder and whispered, "I saw a woman in Tsing Yi walking by, she is very beautiful and beautiful, she should be you Han." ”
Li Qing knew that most of the Han women who came here were brought to the rich place of Northern Xinjiang by the Han caravan or some aristocratic horse caravan, so he didn't care much, he never thought that Zhao Yan'er would come here, but sighed lightly, "How good it would be if she were my smoke." ”
Wu Yan didn't get angry when she heard this, Li Qing had already told her that there was also a beautiful woman in Dahan, named Zhao Yan'er, her fiancée, "Alas, Yan'er must have already married." Before he knew it, the smoke passed over his shoulder.
In the conversation between the two, Zhao Yan'er had already walked by.
Zhao Yan'er was sleepy and tired, and finally couldn't walk, and he was so beautiful that he was so beautiful that more foreigners were worried, but the identity of the people of the Han Dynasty made those men who thought about it immediately interrupted their thoughts, because they always remembered that those who offended the strong man would be punished even if they were far away.
Yan'er fell and lay on the ground, fainting from hunger.
Wu Yan and Li Qing were eating at the inn in the town, there were a lot of merchants here, and even Wu Yan praised the security of the Northern Xinjiang Protectorate over the years, and praised Li Qing's great ability, Li Qing just smiled.
There was a commotion outside, "Wu Huan, what's wrong?" ”
"Qing, you have difficulty moving, wait here, I'll go out and have a look."
"Well, you go and come back quickly." When Wu Yan went out, he saw that the woman he had just seen was lying on the road, her knees had been rubbed and rotten, and no one dared to move around her, so she could only wait for the people of the capital to deal with it, because this is a Han person, and foreigners are not easy to manage, so as not to suffer a lawsuit.
Wu Yan picked up Zhao Yan'er, and immediately saw that he was faint from hunger, and asked the people around him to call for a bowl of porridge and poured it down, and Zhao Yan'er slowly woke up.
Due to the language barrier, Wu Yan couldn't understand Chinese, and Zhao Yan'er couldn't speak Cheshi's dialect. Wu Yan had no choice but to leave some money for Zhao Yan'er and left her.
The crowd dispersed, Zhao Yan'er gradually got up from the ground, Wu Yan found that this woman must not be an ordinary person, but as for why she was hungry, it was not clear why, because the hosta on her head was not made in the Western Regions, but only worn by the nobles of the Han Dynasty.
He and Li Qing are now fugitives, and it is too late to take care of her, Wu Xian just felt a little surprised, and he was relieved that Li Qing hurriedly went back.
"Wu Huan, what's going on?"
"Oh, it's nothing, a woman fainted, she looked hungry, I left some money on her body, good luck to her." Li Qing smiled at Wu Yan's kindness, "You are really a good person." ”
Under the persuasion of Wu Yan, Li Qing was unwilling to return to China, and the Shandong Shi clan couldn't afford to provoke them in their lives, so let's get away. They were going all the way north, first to Karamay to find their brother, settle the affairs of the northern frontier, and then go to find a place where no one could find a place to live in seclusion, but things changed.
Along the way, Wu Yan said this and that to Li Qing, Li Qing also told Wu Qing about what he had seen and heard about the big man, and Wu Yan said that he had risen, so he told Li Qing about the hosta on the woman's head, but he didn't expect that when Li Qing heard the hosta, the whole person changed.
"What, hosta, why didn't you tell me earlier." Li Qing yelled loudly at Wu Yan.
Wu Yan had never seen Li Qing yelling at herself, she felt that she had paid so much for Li Qing, Li Qing was messing with herself because of such a little thing, and she couldn't accept it because she was a little competitive, but Li Qing couldn't see it and didn't know Wu Xian's expression.
Wu Yan had tears in her eyes, "Okay, okay, I'll go, I'll go." Zhao Yan'er, who had just been pressed down in Li Qing's heart, instantly popped out of his mind and heart, if that person was really Zhao Yan'er, then he was really inferior.
Wu Yan thought that he would stop himself when he left Li Qing, but unfortunately all Li Qing's nerves were wrapped in Zhao Yan'er and ignored Wu Yan'er, Wu Yan was really angry, shook his head and left.
Li Qing didn't have Wu Yan's support, and fell down after walking a few steps with a cane.
Wu Huan, who was full of tears, did not look back, and the temperament of a woman in northern Xinjiang was not as virtuous as a Han woman.
In the capital of Luoyang, there was an undercurrent in the court, one was that the Shandong scholars were under the leadership of Huo Guang, intending to coup d'état, and the other was that under the leadership of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, they were ready to take advantage of this opportunity to attack the Shandong scholars.
Emperor Xuan of Han had already found out about Li Qing's affairs, but Che Shiguo sent Li Qing's head as scheduled, which made Emperor Xuan of Han very displeased. Che Shiguo was worried, afraid that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty would find out the truth of the matter and crusade against Che Shixingshi, and he could not sleep all day long, but he did not expect that half a month later, he received a secret edict from the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and he must ensure that General Li Qing's class returned to the dynasty, and the Cheshi country must be indispensable, and the Han Dynasty must marry Cheshi to ensure the status of Cheshi in northern Xinjiang.
King Cheshi was shocked this time, slapped his thigh, his daughter Wu Yan is really the lucky star of Cheshi Kingdom, if he really kills Li Qing, this is not all over, immediately send envoys to secretly meet Emperor Xuan of Han, and tell Emperor Xuan of Han that due to the unfavorable affairs of his subordinates, he killed Li Qing's substitute ghost, the real Li Qing has fled, please give Che Shiguo a chance, and he will definitely bring Li Qing back to Luoyang.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, as long as Li Qing was not dead, it was a living evidence, and he was an important figure in the disposal of the Shandong Shi clan, and ordered Che Shiguo to find Li Qing and escort him to the Han Dynasty.
Wu Wang, the elder brother of the Cheshi Guo Wuxi, led the team to find Li Qing's whereabouts in the whole of northern Xinjiang, and by the way, he also found his sister.
The Shandong Shi clan couldn't sit still when they got the news that Li Qing was not dead, the Zhao family and the Huo family were like pins and needles, Li Qing was not dead, once the class teacher returned to the court, the Shandong Shi clan was sued to the court, and the Han Emperor was already dissatisfied with them, and this time it was really a matter of stealing chickens and rice.
The Shandong Shi clan secretly communicated with the Wusun Kingdom, and raised the strength of the whole country to find Li Qing to bring back his body, and the Shandong Shi tribe promised to help the Wusun Kingdom, annex the entire territory of Northern Xinjiang, and become the largest country in Northern Xinjiang.
King Wusun is a guy who doesn't know the depths, plus the Shandong Shi clan sent tens of thousands of feather arrows and tens of thousands of catties of steel to Wusun Kingdom, including some Han breeding techniques, King Wusun's heart was captured at once, and he praised Li Qing for not dying last time, and he would not have so many benefits if he died.
Of course, the Shandong Shi clan also put pressure on the Wusun State, once it does not succeed at this time, the Han Dynasty will inevitably pour the country's troops to let Wusun destroy the country, and the Cheshi State will annex the northern frontier.
Under the coercion and temptation, Wusun sent 30,000 iron cavalry, which is all the military strength of Wusun State, along the major passages in northern Xinjiang, looking for Li Qing, Shandong Shi clan is not at ease, sent a team of killers from Luoyang to assassinate Li Qing.
Che Shiguo also listened to the words of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and asked Wuwang to lead 20,000 iron cavalry, which is also all the military strength of Che Shi, looking for Li Qing everywhere.
The killers sent by Luoyang have also set off to find Li Qing's whereabouts and annihilate them.
Li Qing was unable to move, and drove forward slowly, it was impossible for him to find Zhao Yan'er now, even if he couldn't see it in front of his eyes, all he had to do was to rush to Karamay, which was not far away, to reach the Northern Xinjiang Protectorate, find the brothers stationed there, and ask them to help.
At this moment, Wusun's soldiers and Wuwang's army were also rushing to Karamay.
Two days later, Wu Wang's army found Wu Heng, who knew the truth of the matter and scolded himself for being too impulsive, and once something happened to Li Qing, he would not be able to escape responsibility.
Wu Yan knew that Li Qing would definitely go to Karamay, and then go to find the girl with a hosta, Wu Yan couldn't understand why Li Qing would attach so much importance to a girl with a hosta, and after telling his brother Wu Wang about it, Wu Wang knew that the girl was Zhao Yan'er, and he would secretly assassinate Zhao Yan'er for the happiness of his sister Wu Yan'er, but seeing that there was such a strong woman in the world, Wu Wang also relented.
Wu Yan knew the truth of the matter, and regretted it too much, feeling that he had misunderstood Li Qing.
The whole army pulled out and rushed to Karamay, but it made the Cheshi country embarrassed, and when it arrived in Karamay, it meant that it was not far from the Wusun country, and Karamay was on the border of Wusun, and the Wusun country would definitely think that it was the Cheshi country that attacked Wusun, although Wusun and the Cheshi had been holding back a belly of fire over the years, in order to compete for the territory of the northern frontier, the two small countries were fighting openly and secretly, but they had no choice but to have the Western Regions to protect the government, and they didn't dare to make any big moves, otherwise the Han army came to quell the rebellion, and it would be all over.
Wuwang didn't dare to bring a large group of people to Karamay before, but this time it was different, there was a secret edict from the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and when the time came, the secret edict would be shown to the people of Wusun State, and Wusun Guo would not dare to make any moves.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty also gave an order to the Protectorate of the Western Regions, so that they should always be ready to respond to Li Qing, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty understood that if he did it himself, the Shandong Shi clan would also do it, and it was not slower than himself, he was ruthless, this was a race against time, whoever arrived first, who would win, the Northern Army Guard of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty also dispatched people to find Li Qing and get the secret protection, and the killer of the Shandong Shi clan had set off.
This seems to be a battle for Li Qing, but it is actually a battle for imperial power and the scholars.
Zhao Yan'er doesn't understand foreign words, and when she first got out of the driver's division, she could still see the Han convoy from time to time, and at this moment, they were all five big and three coarse, fierce foreigners, and she didn't know where she was.
The men and horses of the two forces are getting closer and closer to Karamay, and the Wusun Kingdom is preparing to attack the northern Xinjiang capital for the first time, and a big war is about to begin.
On September 1, 59 B.C., a large-scale war between the Shandong scholars and the foreign people under the leadership of the imperial power began in the Junggar Basin, 30 kilometers northeast of Karamay.
As soon as Wuwang and Wucheng led the army of the Cheshi Kingdom to approach the border of Wusun, the iron cavalry of the Wusun people came face to face with the Cheshi army.
Both sides took out the secret edict of the Han Dynasty, but they both said that the other party was fake, so the war was waged in the Junggar Basin, Wuwang and Wucheng knew that if they won the battle to save Li Qing, then the northern Xinjiang was the Cheshi who had the final say, and once he lost, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty would also support the Cheshi country, at least not to be annexed by Wusun, which was a cost-effective war.
At this moment, Li Qing, still on the way through the basin, learned that the Wusun people and the Cheshi Kingdom had started a war here, and each other followed the orders of the Great Han, and no one backed down.
King Wusun got the funding of the Shandong Shi clan, and was very confident in this war, tens of thousands of feather arrows, tens of thousands of catties of steel, for this small country, that is enough to compete for hegemony, and the Han Emperor has not had time to fund the Che Division, the feather arrows of the Che Shi Country did not kill more is iron, a war of unequal strength made the Che Shi Country suffer heavy losses, and Wu Cheng was injured.