Li Xuan pressed the long sword in his hand and stood on the head of the city.

The cyan dragon flag on his side was basking in the northeast wind, and the red and gold armor on his side was particularly conspicuous.

Li Xuan looked at the city, Qugou New City garrison Gui Runuo stood under the city on horseback, and beside him were countless Tuyuhun people who had moved to the new city with their families.

Gui Runuo solemnly bowed his hand to Li Xuan, Li Xuan nodded gently, Gui Runuo immediately turned around, and slowly walked towards the southwest with two thousand elites.

A black banner with the word "Tang" was erected high.

Under the flag, the elderly, women and children sat in carriages, men walked at their feet, and luggage was placed on flat-bottomed boats.

The north-east wind blew the sails and quickly carried them up the Tibuga.

The Tibuga River is much wider than before, and the water is smoother.

These are all thanks to Li Xuan's widening and repair of the Tiebuga River started a few days ago, coupled with the storage of water in the upper reaches, which has today's convenience.

After arriving at the upper reaches of the Tiebuga River, these people can reach the Qingnan Basin by crossing the mountains, and immediately take a boat along the Shazhuyu River to Qugou New Town, which will take no more than two days at most.

……

"No, these people have already arrived in Qugou New Town, and the Qinghai King hasn't arrived in Fuqi City yet, right?" Li Xuan couldn't help frowning, Murong Nuo's speed was even slower than he had originally expected.

Wouldn't it be that they returned to Shanzhou and transferred craftsmen to build bridges?

A slightly ridiculous thought suddenly appeared in Li Xuan's mind, and immediately, this thought always lingered in Li Xuan's mind and could not be dispersed.

He had to admit that if this was the case, then the Murong clan had really refreshed the lower limit of his cognition.

Li Xuan turned sideways and ordered: "Come on, go and call the Baicheng guard and the water guard up." ”

"Whoa!" Immediately, Su Baotong had left quickly, and soon, two men, one old and one middle-aged, had already come to the city.

The old man's surname was Bai, and he was one of the nobles in the city who was willing to stay, so Li Xuan temporarily promoted him to become the city guard of Fu Qi City.

The middle-aged man's surname is Shui, and he commands the remaining generals and soldiers in the city who are unwilling to leave Fu Qi City.

After the departure of Chihongzang, Ren'enci and Guirunuo, these two will preside over all the affairs of the city until the Murong clan returns.

"Two, now it seems that the governor of Anle Prefecture will not be able to reach Fuqi City today." After a pause, Li Xuan continued: "This king will be stationed outside the city tonight, and the city will be completely entrusted to the two; If something happens, say hello, and the right guard will immediately enter the city. ”

Although they were dissatisfied with Li Xuan's relocation of so many people in the city at once, it was only dissatisfaction, and they were not stupid enough to attack in front of Li Xuan, especially when Murong Nuo had not returned to Fu Qi City.

Even if Murong Nuo returned to Fu Qi City, he didn't dare to turn his face with Li Xuan because of this.

Today's Fu Qi City is full of holes, and the 60,000 people in the city want to survive, only rely on the Tang Dynasty.

"The fishing of Qinghai Lake continues, and in the inner city, the king also leaves a lot of grain and grass, as long as the two of them use it properly, eat and drink a little bit every day, enough for the people in the city to live well." Li Xuan sighed lightly, there were too many people in Fu Qi City.

Even if those who are willing to leave with Li Xuan occupy a small half, the rest of the city is still a huge number.

Nowadays, if the grain and grass in the capital are boiled in the thinnest degree of porridge, and then mixed with the fish caught in Qinghai Lake, then they can ensure the minimum needs of life, but it is difficult to do anything else.

As for how Murong Nuo wants to solve this problem, it has nothing to do with Li Xuan.

These are the issues that Liu Renliang and the central court need to consider.

"All right, you go down." Li Xuan waved his hand, and the Bai clan and the Shui clan had already descended one after another.

After the two of them left completely, Li Xuan looked at the right side and whispered, "You come out." ”

A handsome man wearing gray leather armor, carrying a long knife at his waist, and carrying obvious characteristics of the Tuyuhun people, walked out from behind the city tower and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Your Majesty." ”

"Your identity has been settled, nominally once with your comrades in the same team, either killed in battle, or transferred, plus the new army of Fu Qiu, no one knows your origin, your 'father' is deaf and blind, a bastard in life, addicted to gambling, plus the spread of the disease, he will not live long.

As for other relatives and neighbors, they don't know much about you who have been in the army for many years, so as long as you are careful, it will not be a problem to lurk. ”

"Whoa!" The handsome man gave up again.

"After Murong Nuo's bowl returns, although the two people just now, although they will be reused for a while, they will soon be kicked down by the Murong family, and finally replaced by their own people, and then they will recruit a group of newcomers and cronies who have nothing to do with all parties from below, this is your chance."

Li Xuan glanced up at the handsome man, and said softly: "In the future, there will be caravans of people who will come to Fuqi City to trade, and they are all people you are familiar with, how to use their strength to climb up depends on your own ability." ”

"Whoa!" The handsome man gave up again.

"Step by step, master the city's communications, infiltrate the army, and gradually replace our people." Li Xuan's plan was gently revealed, he looked at the handsome man, and said, "The Murong clan is not capable enough, and it doesn't have the ability to control a Fuyu city, let alone lead the people of the entire Tuyuhun to plan for the future. ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "You are also a native of Tuyuhun, and you had to wander to Pengzhou back then, and you know the inside story best, so, Li Gu, if you want to make the people of Tuyuhun completely stable, joining Datang is the best choice...... As for Tibet, with the Tang Dynasty, the labor in Tibet will be very heavy, and there will be racial hierarchies. ”

"Don't worry, Li Gu knows what to do!" Li Gu lowered his head slightly, and a trace of solemnity flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Although he is a native of Tuyuhun, he has long been one of the important backbones under Li Xuan's command, how could he ruin the entire overall situation for the sake of the so-called local feelings.

Besides, even if he wanted to do something, Li Bi, Li Mo, Li Zhu, and Li Yan would not agree.

What is this thing now, the truly powerful future is what he wants.

"Alright, there you go." Li Xuan paused slightly, and finally instructed: "Murong Clan's ability is insufficient, his order, you have to weigh the pros and cons yourself, don't do what you shouldn't do." ”

"Whoa!" Li Gu bowed slightly, and then retreated cautiously.

Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Qinghai Hubei, the king of Qinghai who had not yet arrived, I am afraid that he could not have imagined that Li Xuan had completely torn apart the foundation of the restoration of the country that he most longed to obtain in just three days, and was even ready to steal it secretly.

Fu Qi City, as Li Xuan once said, is too remote here.

In the Han Dynasty, it was also one of the routes of the Silk Road, and then the Northern and Southern Dynasties were in turmoil, the Silk Road was cut off, and then the Turks, Sui, Tang and Tibet, all kinds of circumstances led to the more and more dilapidated trade routes.

In addition to the western front that could threaten the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, the real strategic value here was only to provide food, grass and soldiers for the army.

But all this value has been completely lost in addition to the forcible expropriation of the local people's cattle, sheep, grain and grass in advance by the Qinling Tomb.

It's just that Datang has a summer drought this year, if it is in the old city of Qugou, Datang can still support, but in the west of Qinghai Lake, there are still 100,000 people, I'm afraid no one can support it.

At this time, even on Qinling, he may not be willing to intervene.

Coupled with Li Xuan's transfer of 6,000 elites in advance, the value of the entire Fu Qi City to Datang, as well as the threat, has dropped to the extreme.

In the future, the entire city of Fu Qi will be ignored or even abandoned by the Tang Dynasty.

And this was all caused by Li Xuan.

He did it on purpose, he deliberately cut off the entire city of Fu Qi from the sight of the whole world.

In this way, he can quietly steal the people and wealth of Fuqi City and even the entire Qaidam Basin, and return his power in the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty through this long-forgotten Silk Road.

The battlefield between Tubo and Datang that has lasted for decades will be the best cover for Li Xuan's secret calculations.

Li Xuan turned to look in the southeast direction and said softly: "Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven, since you want to control me in the northwest, then I don't make good use of it, wouldn't I be sorry for you!" ”

……

The gates of the city have long been closed, but the guards on the walls are still strong.

There is no "Tang" flag on it, and what is flying at the head of the city is the former Tuyuhun King Flag.

Even before the Murong clan arrived, the people in the city were ready to welcome their old king.

There was silence in the Tang army camp under the city, and the Tang army completely ignored this as a provocative approach.

Hundreds of fast horses came quickly from the upper reaches of the Bucha River, but when they approached the city, they suddenly turned to the nearby Tang army camp.

As soon as he entered the camp, Murong Zhong found that there were not many soldiers in the camp, and there were only four or five hundred people.

"Shizi!" Su Baotong blocked Murong Zhong from the big tent, and his eyes fell on the entourage behind him.

Murong Zhong glanced deeply at the grandson of Su Dingfang, the Duke of the Criminal State, and then waved his hand behind him, and the guards behind him immediately retreated.

Then Murong Zhong walked into the big tent alone, and at a glance he saw Li Xuan, who was reading the Spring and Autumn Period.

"The right leopard Taowei general Murong Zhong has seen the prince." Murong Zhong's tone was a little stiff and he bowed his hand to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan smiled, put down the Spring and Autumn in his hand, looked up at Murong Zhong, and said with some pity: "The prince's nephew came too slowly, this king originally thought that you would be able to arrive four days ago, but I didn't expect it to be so slow." ”

The corners of Murong Zhong's mouth couldn't help twitching, they had just received the news that Li Xuan had entered Fu Qi City four days ago, but they had never known anything.

As soon as Murong Zhong was about to speak, Li Xuan directly waved his hand to interrupt him, and said: "Since the prince and nephew are here, then this Fuqi City will be handed over to you, and the grain and grass that have been transferred by the right guard over time will also be handed over in a while." ”

Grain and grass, these two words suppressed all the dissatisfaction in Murong Zhong's heart, and he slowly arched his hand: "How many days? ”

Li Xuan nodded calmly and said, "On the thirteenth, the grain and grass of the six thousand soldiers of the left Xiaowei and the right leopard Taowei on the thirteenth. ”

The Tuyuhun cavalry under the command of the Murong clan has actually been transporting grain and grass from Shanzhou, and what Li Xuan is giving now is an extra thirteen days of grain and grass.

The food and frugality were enough for 60,000 people for thirteen days.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Murong Zhong finally stood up and bowed his hand to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan waved his hand again and said: "Fu Qi City will be handed over to the prince's nephew, and the food problem in the city, as long as the prince's nephew digs deep into the resources of Qinghai Lake, he should have no worries." ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan followed and said, "But there is one more thing that needs to be solved immediately." ”

"Uncle Wang, please speak."

"The dam in the upper reaches of the Buha River, that place, after the right guard leaves, needs to be handed over to the king's nephew immediately, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable once it is used by someone with a heart." Li Xuan's eyes subconsciously looked at the upper reaches of the Buha River, where the dam was a time bomb.

The corners of Murong Zhong's mouth twitched slightly, wasn't it Li Xuan himself who caused all this.

Seeing Murong Zhong's silence, Li Xuan chuckled lightly and said, "Nephew Wang, be careful that the night is long and you have many dreams. ”

(End of chapter)