The border city closest to the east of the Dune City is the border city of Hubitu, and because it is adjacent to the Mobei Desert, there is not much arable land, and it has always relied on the help of the central royal city of Hubitu to survive.

It was used as a warning to defend against a possible Turkic invasion in Mobei.

Although the usual Mobei also has a certain military strength, it is only more than a thousand, and it also plays a warning role here, if the Turks really come, this small city in front of them will not be able to stop it in any way.

However, just seven days ago, the modern prince of Habitu led an army of 50,000 to this small border city, and the entire town was packed.

The entire luxury is only a little more than 60,000 troops in total, and now 50,000 are directly transferred, which can also be seen how concerned about this matter.

In the castle lord's mansion.

Li Nian'an looked puzzled and asked his uncle, who is now the king of Lubitu, Li Sitang: "Uncle, is it just a token more than a hundred years ago?" We have all been separated from those people in Great Xia for so long, why should we pay such a big price for a token and a promise?

That Da Yue Clan is not easy to mess with, although we won twenty years ago, but we also paid a lot of price, this time I heard that Qiu Ye came with a full 200,000 troops, where can we stop these 50,000 people! ”

Li Nianan was very puzzled, his uncle was also the head of a country, how could he behave such unwisely?

It's just a promise, but what can you do if you don't keep the Xia people who are now ruined?

At the beginning, they took the initiative to give up the fertile land of Great Xia to them, and a group of soldiers like them went to the north of the desert to drink wind and eat sand, which is why they have today's luxury.

To put it bluntly, they don't owe Great Xia at all, so why bother to bury all the soldiers of Yubitu here for a promise?

"Shut up!"

Li Sitang, who was sitting on the main seat, shouted loudly, interrupted his nephew's words, stared at his nephew with gloomy eyes, and said after a long time: "I have told you many times, the Tang people keep promises, and they promise a thousand gold!" ”

"But now the Tang Dynasty has been dead for more than two hundred years!"

Li Si'an retorted unconvinced.

"Then we are Tang people too! As long as we are alive, Datang is still there! We old guys are not dead yet, and it is not your turn to decide the survival of Datang! Li Sitang stood up violently like an enraged lion, his eyes were full of anger, and his hand was already on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

The scene fell silent all of a sudden, and the two uncles and nephews confronted each other, and neither of them wanted to give in.

In the end, Li Si'an was defeated after all, and sat back in his position and said:

"Uncle, I don't understand, two hundred years have passed, even if the Tang Dynasty is glorious, it has been a full two hundred years!

The ancestors of our extravagant past dynasties overcame obstacles so that everyone could survive in this desert north by themselves, not the Tang Dynasty, why do you still insist so much, externally we call it extravagant bitu, and internally you actually call yourself the protector of the Western Regions, I don't understand! My cousin doesn't understand either, otherwise why didn't you come this time and he didn't come? ”

Li Sitang's anger gradually subsided, and he sat back in his position, his expression was a little gloomy, but the stubbornness in his eyes did not reduce by half a point.

"It's his business that he doesn't come, but the roots of our people are in the Tang Dynasty, and my father and grandfather told me when I was very young. People can't forget their roots, and if they forget their roots, they will have no place to go, and we, the wanderers, will be lonely souls and wild ghosts wandering away after all.

Do you think we didn't understand as much as you did when we were young?

But when we get older, everyone understands that this is not our home, we are just a passerby here after all, this is not a place where we can take root, and our roots are not here.

Only when there are roots can there be a home! ”

Li Si'an couldn't understand, but he didn't say anything more.

"If you don't want to come, go back, just let us old guys who are looking for roots fight with the Otsuki clan, this is our own choice, and the capital will be handed over to you young people in the future."

Li Sitang closed his eyes, the moment he came here, he was ready to die for the promise, even if this promise was not made by him, it was the ancestor.

But as a descendant, as a Tang man, he feels that he has the obligation and responsibility to keep his promises, even if it is to pay for it!

Li Si'an was silent for a moment and turned straight out.

After a while, someone came to report: "King! The hussar general left the dunes with five thousand personal soldiers! ”

Li Sitang was silent for a while, and finally waved his hand and said, "That's it, let them go." After leaving 5,000 more people, it will be a little better to be extravagant than Tu. ”

The herald retreated, but in a few moments a man strode in.

Seeing the person coming, the decadence on Li Sitang's face just now was suddenly swept away, and the whole person sat up straight!

He asked aloud, "Why is Ambassador Ban here?" ”

It turned out that the person who came was none other than Ban Chao!

After receiving the message from Zhao Jun's flying eagle before, Ban Chao and his entourage rushed to the extravagant as the envoy of Yunzhou County to meet the current king of extravagant - Li Sitang.

Immediately, he took out half a talisman and made a promise.

Originally, he thought that this matter would go through some twists and turns, after all, so much time has passed, and it is difficult to say whether the other party admits this promise or not.

But what he didn't expect was that the moment King Yubitu saw the talisman, he immediately asked people to take out another piece of the royal family's collection, and after the two were tightly combined, Li Sitang immediately agreed to his request, and even personally led 50,000 troops to this Dune City.

Now looking at the king of Luxe in front of him, Ban Chao was full of emotion, but he quickly reined in his thoughts, respectfully saluted him, and said with a crossed hand: "Lord of Luxot, the front line has received news, at most tomorrow Guishan will arrive near Dune City, the foreign minister wants to ask, is your army ready?"

In addition, just now the foreign minister saw that the hussar general had taken 5,000 men out, did he go to investigate the situation? ”

Li Sitang first answered a question he had earlier.

"Ambassador Ban rest assured that our side has long been prepared and can fight in Guishan at any time.

As for speaking of the hussar generals, he went back. ”

"Going back?" Ban Chao's face was full of surprise.

Li Sitang nodded affirmatively and said, "These young people don't think the same as us, let's go back." ”

"Lord Li doesn't have to be sad, young people are like this, and you and I are basically like this when we were young."

Ban Chao also had a general understanding of the situation in the country, and knew that the young people in China had quite different ideas from the older ones

So it's not surprising that this happens.

When even said: "In this case, the foreign minister will continue to urge the army to let them arrive as soon as possible." ”

"There is labor! It's hard work! ”

Li Sitang smiled bitterly and nodded.

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(End of chapter)