In the evening, 2,000 cavalry came from the west side of the Qibo River, and finally drove quickly into the ancient city of Qugou on the western edge of the valley of the Qapcha River.

Around the ancient city, there are countless tents scattered densely, and more than 30,000 Tubo old and weak are now staying here.

In the valley on the east side of the ancient city, a wall of the inner square with a length and width of about one mile has been roughly completed, and the inner side has begun to lay a deep foundation.

It won't be long before the three-story wooden houses will take shape in the workshop, and the old and weak women and children of Tuyuhun outside will be the first to live inside.

"A small city, attracting the hearts of 6,000 Tuyuhun elite soldiers, the prince's hand, can really do it." Qiu Zhenmu stopped on the side of the horse and looked at Li Xuan, full of surprise and admiration.

Today's 6,000 Tuyuhun elites have been pulled to Dafeichuan to receive the training of Zuo Wei Zhonglang's Wang Xiaojie department, and at the same time, a large number of patients have also been quickly transferred.

As the time for the army to arrive in Dafeichuan was extended, more and more people from the Left Guard had altitude sickness and had to be transferred down from above.

Fortunately, Li Xuan's soldiers from Tuyuhun were transferred in time, otherwise Wang Xiaojie would really have a headache.

Those who can crisscross the plateau wantonly are the Tubo people, that is, the Tuyuhun and the Turkic people.

However, the imperial court did not dare to send the Turks to Dafeichuan easily, and the chaos stirred up by the Eastern and Western Turks a while ago still made the court vigilant.

The Tuyuhun people are different, when they are gathered together, they can't help but be casual, but once they are scattered into the Tang army, they are very obedient.

This practice of directly absorbing Tuyuhun people into the Tang Dynasty will somewhat cause the Murong clan to be dissatisfied, but Tuyuhun has hundreds of thousands of troops, and what happened to the Tang Dynasty absorbing 6,000 elites.

"If you want to build a successful city, there will be a lot of work in the future, and the transportation of rolling logs, rafts, and stones upstream is very important, especially now that there are not enough craftsmen from Shanzhou, Kuozhou and Hezhou." Li Xuan waved his hand and couldn't help sighing.

There is a shortage of real good craftsmen, Tugu is also lacking, Li Xuan's side is also lacking, and Liu Renliang's army is also lacking, but there is no way.

Either grab it or go into battle yourself.

Turning his head sideways, Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu and said, "Beckon the army to go back to the barracks to rest, I'm busy all night, and I'm tired." ”

"Whoa!" Qiu Zhenmu was about to leave immediately, and at this time, a Qianniu guard came quickly, and then said to Li Xuan: "Lord Wang, the handsome man is invited!" ”

"It seems that it is a matter of Fu Qi City, and it is about to be over." Li Xuan glanced at Qiu Zhenmu and said, "Let's go, Brother Qiu, let's go over together." ”

"Obey!" Qiu Zhenmu immediately gave up.

"By the way, bring that box with you, speaking of which, along the way, I haven't had time to see what the king's cousin-in-law has sent." Li Xuan shook his head, Qiu Zhenmu had already brought the red brocade box from the side of the horse, and followed Li Xuan towards the camp.

……

In the large camp, more than 4,000 Youtun guards were busy back and forth, and a large amount of grain and grass was transported from the rear every day, and then transferred to the front line.

Opening the big tent, Li Xuan and Qiu Zhenmu entered one after another.

Looking at Liu Renliang, who was reading the official document above, the two of them arched their hands at the same time and said, "I've seen the big handsome." ”

Liu Renliang raised his head, glanced at Li Xuan, and asked directly, "What's the situation?" ”

"Those 1,000 people are indeed not light soldiers, their hair is freshly cut, and the blades they use are not the standard blades they are used to." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, on Qinling, he has begun to calculate something again. ”

"Hmm!" Liu Renliang nodded slightly, his face slightly solemn.

On Qinling is indeed a difficult opponent to deal with.

These days, from Qingdong to Qingnan, and now there is Qingbei, the Qinling keeps attacking in various places, using the terrain to send a small force of cavalry to harass constantly, so that the Tang army is always difficult to gain a foothold on the front line, coupled with the plateau miasma, the speed of the army's advance is not fast.

"That's right." As if he remembered something, Liu Renliang picked up a gold-handled long sword, and then held the hilt and pulled it gently, and the sharp and cold blade immediately appeared in front of Li Xuan, Liu Renliang looked at Li Xuan and said: "This sword, I have asked the general knowledge in the army, this is the sword of King Tuyuhun." ”

"Wang Jian." Li Xuan was slightly stunned, looked at the sword, frowned and said, "This sword was lost from the hands of the Tuyuhun royal clan. ”

"Yes." Liu Renliang nodded, and then said: "More than a hundred years ago, the Xianbei Murong clan first came to Tuyuhun and was at odds with the local Qiang people, so that later the first king of Tuyuhun died under the assassination of the chief of the Qiang tribe.

More than ten years ago, Tuyuhun died in the country, and this sword was lost, but I didn't expect it to fall into the hands of the Tubo people. ”

"In other words, this sword was deliberately brought to the vicinity of Fu Qi City by the Tubo generals over there, and then fell into the hands of the last general." The corners of Li Xuan's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but say with a smile: "On Qinling, this is too ruthless, sacrificing a thousand elites, just to send this sword to the hands of the last general." ”

"With a sword that is useless against Tibet, with dates and without dates, you may not be so sure that you have seen through his calculations and successfully destroyed them, but you are just taking precautions." Liu Renliang shook his head, put the long sword on the table, looked at Li Xuan and said, "What are you going to do with this sword?" ”

"Send it to Chang'an, let the people of the Taishi Bureau check if there is any problem here, if there is no problem, then send it to Your Majesty and fill it into the inner treasury." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, he didn't dare to keep this thing.

"Aren't you afraid that there is no calculation in this thing, and once there is danger, it will hurt Your Majesty?" Liu Renliang looked at Li Xuan with a smile.

"In the final analysis, this sword is just the stuff of King Tuyuhun, and it is already a blessing for His Majesty to take a look, as for the rest, the last general thinks about it, this thing is more or less used to calculate the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun, if this thing falls into the hands of the last general, I am afraid that the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun will have some evil."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "If this thing is returned to the Murong clan, the Murong clan will inevitably wear it day and night, if something really happens, it will not be the last general, it is better to send it directly to the inner treasury with the previous batch of treasures...... By the way, there's one more thing. ”

Li Xuan turned around, took the red brocade box from Qiu Zhenmu's hand, and then handed it to Liu Renliang and said, "This is Murong Nuo's bowl, a gift from Xia'er as a cousin, and my grandson-in-law hasn't had time to open it yet...... It is said to be a jade Buddha, but the grandson-in-law still doesn't know how it is. ”

Liu Renliang nodded, looked to the side, and a Qianniu Wei stepped forward and directly opened the brocade box under the gaze of Li Xuan, Liu Renliang and Qiu Zhenmu.

A delicate one-foot-tall jade Buddha appears in a brocade box.

A one-foot-high jade statue of Shakyamuni.

Li Xuan and Liu Renliang breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

After Qian Niuwei carefully checked that there was no problem, he handed it to Liu Renliang.

Liu Renliang glanced up and down, then put it on the table, looked at Li Xuan and said, "What do you think?" ”

Li Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Son-in-law always feels that now, on Qinling and Murong Clan, they regard Sun-in-law as the opponent of the game between the two sides, and they seem to be calculating something, so Son-in-law wants to send these things to Chang'an, so that the Taishi Bureau will search and inspect them, after all, they are the most professional in this regard, if there is no problem, they will be sent to the inner library, as for Murong Nuo's bowl, get a fake Buddha." ”

"It's fine." Liu Renliang nodded slightly, then covered the box, looked at Li Xuan and said: "The things you seized from Fu Qi City have been shipped from Lanzhou to Chang'an, and it won't take long to be delivered to Your Majesty. ”

"If you want to make up for the dispatch of the army this time, you still need to transfer a large amount of salt from Chaka." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "The son-in-law has already discussed with the Governor of Murong and asked him to march to the Qingxi Basin, thinking of obtaining more salt mines from there, and also introducing many families into Qinghai, the army wants to stay in Qinghai for a long time, and the strength of those families cannot be ignored." ”

The imperial court wants to run the West Sea, and the movement is too big, but if some rights are distributed to the various families, they can mobilize the local forces as much as possible and speed up the process of management.

The Tubo people will not give up the Qingxi Basin so easily, and the scale of the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo will decrease as the weather gets colder, but the intensity will not be reduced too much, which means that the consumption of food and salary will also be like flowing water.

"So, we still need a really stable base." Liu Renliang raised his head and looked at Li Xuan, he was referring to the Qugou New Town under construction in the southwest.

Although Li Xuan put forward the suggestion of Qugou New Town, what really made the court nod was Liu Renliang's recital.

If the Tang Dynasty wants to completely change its thinking and incorporate Qinghai into the imperial court system, it still needs to build a city and immigrate.

These Tuyuhun nobles who are at odds with the Murong clan and turn against Tubo are really manpower from the sky.

With them, Datang can easily emigrate.

"This year, the city will build a maximum outline, and if you want to build a city, even if it is a county seat, it will take three or five years." Li Xuan took a breath lightly, how can it be so easy to build a city, especially if you have to build a city while fighting, a city without walls is the best choice.

"That's the matter of a virtuous son-in-law." Liu Renliang couldn't help laughing.

The other people present also chuckled, the proposal to build a city was proposed by Li Xuan, and the heavy responsibility of building a city fell on him silently.

……

When I walked out of the tent, it was already dark.

Li Xuan walked outside the big tent, starry plains, three or five years, built a city here, escaped the turmoil in the court, and at the same time attracted the attention of others.

Li Xuan's gaze fell on Fu Qi City on the northwest side, and he glanced at his colleagues in the southeast again, and a line was already connected in his mind.

Suddenly, in the night sky in the southwest, a bright star suddenly twinkled violently.

Suddenly, the star became extremely dim, even a little shaky, but suddenly, it was bright again.

It didn't take long for it to suddenly become obscure again, even obscure and terrifying, almost non-existent.

This time, after a long time, it was bright again, but this time, the brightness was very low.

Very low, but stable, stable terrible.

Li Xuan looked in the direction of the stars, and his breathing was already heavy.

There, it's the direction of the Logo.

(End of chapter)