Chapter 175: Arrow comparison

Autumn in the Western Regions is always earlier than that in the Central Plains. Populus leaves turn golden yellow. Shazhou city is golden and brilliant. However, the leaves of a poplar tree in the Governor's Office are still dark green, which is so inconsistent with the solemn autumn color, just like an old woman wearing a rose.

The chariots and horses in front of the Governor's Office were noisy, and hundreds of Tang soldiers with bright armor were arranged in a majestic manner. The governor who was preparing to escort their troops to Anxi. After fighting with the Tubo army, Li Qing's prestige in the Doulu army had reached its peak. The soldiers did not have much demands on their commanders. As long as he could be seen on the battlefield, he would be a qualified commander.

Li decided to go to Anxi early in the morning. For the three thousand Anxi Army, to be precise, there are only less than 2,000 people left now. He must leave this army in Shazhou, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode, Duan Xiushi, and perhaps other famous generals he doesn't know yet. These are the most valuable resources.

Before commending the imperial edict, Li Longji issued a secret edict to him and agreed to several requests he made. The first item was to add the borrowed Anxi army to Doulu army, but he had to explain to Gao Xianzhi and apologize.

When you travel far away from home, you must say goodbye to your wife and children. The curtain erected a big belly to remind Li Jingyan who was accompanying him, and the man was careless. Only by relying on the woman to be careful, hot water, cold rice, thick clothes, thin jacket; it seemed that the dignified princess of the Tang Dynasty became the maid who was accompanying him, but this was a must. If you want to enter the Li family, you must first learn to take care of the man, whether it is her princess or maids.

Xiaoyu couldn't accompany her, so she wanted to stay and take care of her elder sister. At this moment, she, who was a woman for the first time, became unexpectedly quiet and sad. She leaned at the door, looking at her husband who was immediately arrogant and biting her silk handkerchief with red eyes.

"My wife, I will definitely come here at the fastest 20 days, and at the latest one month." Li Qing waved towards the curtain and Xiaoyu, let go of the reins, and the horse slowly walked.

"Everyone should take care of themselves on the road!"

Yan'er smiled, waved goodbye to her husband and all the soldiers, but his eyes were filled with tears.

The Anxi Protectorate was the leader of the four major Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, with a territory of thousands of miles. Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has fought with the Turks for the Western Regions. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, civil strife in the Western Turks, and it has been endless for years. The prosperous Tang Dynasty obtained this greatest convenience, eliminated the Western Turks and gradually controlled the Western Regions. In the third year of Kaiyuan, the Censor Zhang Xiaosong led more than 10,000 troops out of Kucha for thousands of miles, defeated the Dashi Agongda soldiers, and extended the Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence to the west of the Pamir Mountains, reaching the peak of history.

The Anxi Protectorate was centered on the four towns of Kucha, Khotan, Yanqi and Shule. In the fourth year of Tianbao, the Anxi Protectorate was Meng Lingcha, but he often recovered from illness in the capital. The actual military power of the Anxi Protectorate was in the hands of the deputy guardian. Gao Xianzhi, the military envoy of the four towns of Anxi. Li Qing was going to visit this famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi.

Starting from Shazhou, Yangguan under his jurisdiction was the boundary of Anxi. Anxi was vast and sparsely populated. Like today, the people there lived in oasis. In addition to the main establishment of military towns to garrison and control the army, in addition to the four Anxi towns, there were also Boxian Town, Shicheng Town, etc. In the sixth year of Tianbao, the decisive battle of the Tang Dynasty against Tubo was composed of Geshuhan's Battle of Longyou Jiuqu and Feng Changqing's Battle of Boxian Town.

Through the long yellow sand, on this day, the team came to the edge of Puchanghai (Today Lop Nur). In addition to the three hundred guards, Li Qing also had several newly acquired generals. Needless to say, the number one crossbow archer of the Yulin Army has always been the captain of Li Qing's personal soldiers. Another one is about thirty years old, with three black beards on his jaw, a tall and slender nose, and a bit arrogant. It was Nan Jiyun, the commander of Guoyi who had just been transferred from the Jiannan Jiedushi. This was also Li Qing's request to Li Longji. The reason why he almost lost the battle with Tubo was the improper use of crossbow soldiers. He did not have a general skilled in archers, and Nan Jiyun was able to make up for this shortage. Li Longji also happily agreed and ordered the Ministry of War to transfer him from Jiannan to the Doulu Army in Shazhou.

The other two are brothers, needless to say, everyone can guess that the Qiang man Li Fei brothers. These two people are also famous generals in Tianbao in history. In the battle of Yangma City, Li Fei Yuanli became famous all over the world for his bravery. Li Fei Shouyu alone blocked An Lushan from going south, shot hundreds of thieves, and forced An Lushan to take a detour. In the end, he refused to surrender and died.

Li Qing also proposed the incorporation of the horse bandits in his request to Li Longji, but Li Longji avoided the matter and only allowed him to form two thousand militia groups to help defend Shazhou. So the horse bandit was transformed into a militia group. As for the Li Fei brothers, Li Longji did not propose to pardon them for being a bandit. Helplessly, Li Qing could only use them privately, but this time he brought them out, the purpose was to transfer them away and take the opportunity to completely clean the horse bandits.

The Puchanghai had not dried up in the Tang Dynasty. The Chi River (now the Tarim River) and the Qiemo River were poured into it. The grass was lush and the forests were lush, but it was already autumn, the leaves were withered and the grass was withered and yellow. Dozens of giant eagles hovered directly in front of Li Qing and the others. It seemed that there was food in the woods, but due to the dense branches, the giant eagles had no gaps to enter.

"Three archers, do you want to compete?"

Li Qingyi pointed to the giant eagles in the sky and smiled at Wu Xingsu, Nan Jiyun and Li Fei Shouyu and said, "Shoot and kill those giant eagles, whoever kills more will win, how about it?"

The journey was boring, and Li Qing came up with this method to inspire everyone's enthusiasm. It's just that the giant eagles were also a link in the ecological chain, but they were regarded by Li Qing, a person who was in vain and became his target of living.

Sure enough, his proposal was immediately approved by everyone, and everyone was very energetic, especially the three archers, who all stood proudly and responded without saying a word. Li Fei Yuanli laughed and rushed up and shouted, "Since it's a competition, it must be a lottery. I have a good proposal."

Seeing everyone's eyes looking at him, he couldn't help but feel even more proud. His eyes were tilted to the carriage and pointed at Li Jingyan and said with a smile: "Why would you like to ask the princess to bring something out as the winner's reward? What do you think?"

Although Li Fei Yuanli surrendered to Li Qing, he bullied him young and refused to submit to him. Along the way, he was long overwhelmed by Li Jingyan's beautiful figure, so he showed great care to Li Jingyan with shamelessness and never left her carriage. Li Qing's personal soldiers wanted to deal with him several times, but were stopped by Li Qing. When he saw that Li Qing did not speak, he became even more proud. At this time, he made this suggestion in public, hoping that his brother would win and that he could get the beauty.

Li Jingyan was lying on the car window and watching Li Lang trance, asking her to follow Li Qing to Kucha, but it was Yan'er who offered it on his own initiative, of course, to give her a chance, but the more important task was to keep a close eye on Li Qing so that he would not bring another princess Gaochang. After the incident of Awan from Nanzhao, Li Qing's reputation has been ruined in Yan'er's heart. He was so young that he was in a high position, so he was naturally the target of the ladies and the beautiful ladies. It is said that Hu girl is more enthusiastic and unrestrained. He often walks on the shore, so it is difficult to protect her from being wet.

Li Jingyan suddenly saw everyone looking at him, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed and quickly retreated back into the car. Seeing that Li Fei Yuanli wanted Li Jingyan to take things as a lottery ticket, if he had known his thoughts, he sneered in his heart, stepped forward and knocked on his head and smiled, "If you have the ability, you should go to him, but you have the idea of ​​a brother."

Li Fei Yuanli touched the back of his head and laughed: "If the governor is willing to compete with me with arrows, then I will accompany you!"

He knew that Li Qing's martial arts were not good, but he deliberately used this to squeeze him out. His bold and rude words immediately made Li Qing's personal soldiers glar at him, and even several of them rolled up their sleeves. Li Jingyan also poked his head out of the car window and looked at Li Qing worriedly, not knowing how he should answer. Although Li Qing could ignore his subordinates' rudeness based on his identity, Li Jingyan still hoped that his beloved would show some heroism and defeat this ferocious and ugly man.

At this time, Wu Xingsu next to him immediately interjected and said ruthlessly to Li Fei Yuanli: "I'll compete with you for the governor!"

Li Qing raised his hand to stop Wu Xingsu, smiled faintly and said, "It's okay to compare with me, but what kind of arrows are you going to compare, how to compare, I'll decide, is it better?"

Li Fei Yuanli looked at the bow on Nan Jiyun's hand, then at the crossbow on Wu Xingsu's hand, and couldn't help but smile proudly, "Okay! I'll follow you, but if you lose, you will lose. You are not allowed to rely on me as a governor."

Li Qing shook his head, stepped forward and said to Li Jingyan, "Zhengyan, do you have anything to take out as a lottery?"

Li Jingyan thought for a while and took out a golden short sword, "This is what my father gave me before he left. This is the only thing the men around me can use."

She hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I originally wanted to give it to you, but what if he wins?"

Li Qing sneered gently and said, "Don't worry, he can't win!"

Li Qing slowly came to Li Fei Yuanli, shook the golden sword in his hand, and smiled and said, "Just this sword is the first to be the lottery. If you want, I will set the question."

Li Fei Yuanli stared at the golden short sword, her eyes were hot, and she said without thinking: "Okay! You just ask the question."

"Let's wait!"

Li Fei Shouyu next to him stepped forward. He had already thought of the arrow that Li Qing wanted to compare, and couldn't help but sigh and said to his elder brother: "I don't think there is no need to compare, you will definitely lose."

"Why do you say that!"

Li Fei Yuanli's face sank and said, "Although my archery skills are not as good as you, I am still more than enough than him. Don't worry, the governor will give the question."

Seeing that he didn't listen, Li Fei Shouyu smiled bitterly and said, "You have to make trouble for yourself, and I have nothing to do."

He turned around and said to Li Qing: "My brother thought he was smart and grasped the weakness of the governor. The governor might as well give him a question!"

Li Qing smiled slightly and said to Li Fei Yuanli: "Listen, let's compare when we go to see Gao Xianzhi this time, and see who can convince him not only not to let us return soldiers, but also to give us another thousand people. This is the question I asked. Do you dare compare?"

"What's this?"

Li Fei Yuanli said angrily: "We said we should compare arrows. What kind of arrows are you?"

Li Qing smiled and said, "I just asked you what arrows to compare and how to compare, it's up to me to decide, and you agreed, right?"

"Yes, but you"

Li Qing raised his hand to stop him and sneered: "I am also a kind of arrow, called 'verbal arrow', isn't it?"

‘Arrogance?’ Li Fei Yuanli couldn’t help but be stunned and couldn’t say a word. Li Fei Shouyu sighed, “Brother, do you understand? You and the governor are not at the same level at all, just like why you don’t go to compete with soldiers. The governor is the commander, and he considers using soldiers instead of guns and swords. Do you understand what the governor means? You are always rude in front of the governor. The governor has been tolerant, but you are ungrateful. If you don’t know the magistrate anymore and the generals, you may not have a place to stay after you go back."

Li Qing suddenly turned around and stared at him, a sharp light flashed across his eyes. Li Fei Shouyu smiled bitterly and said, "Governor is good, I just understood why the Governor wanted to take us out."

Although Li Fei Yuanli was rude, he was not stupid. He also understood that Li Qing was using this to hit him. His face turned red and bowed to Li Qing and said solemnly: "I used to be rude! Please forgive me for your crime."

Li Qing smiled lightly, patted his shoulder and said, "Fuck me hard in the future. One day in the future, you will also compete with your subordinates."

After saying that, he urged the horse to fight and stepped forward to point at the group of sculptures in the sky and slowly said to the three: "Whoever shoots the most sculptures, I will give you the first arrow to Doulu Army. This is the lottery!"
Chapter completed!