Su Chen reassured Rapupasu that Tang Jun would not give up on him and the prince of Khoslu.
After sending Lapu Pasu away, Su Chen went to Li Chengqian and told him about Lapu Pasu and Yi Siqi.
Li Chengqian said: "I have known for a long time that Huosi Lu and Lapu Pasu will not recognize Yi Siqi. How can I hand over the territory that I have worked so hard to acquire and the power that I have finally obtained?"
"We still have to rely on Lapu Pasu's help for now. There is no need to make Lapu Pasu unhappy for a king in name only."
Su Chen said: "Of course, but we don't need to offend Yi Siqi. If he can raise an armed force in the north, it will be a good thing for us."
Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Teacher, don't worry, this is nothing."
"I guess Yi Si will not take the initiative to mention Lapu Pasu and the others once he knows his situation."
Su Chen nodded and said: "That's the best!"
Yi Siqi was a trivial matter to Li Chengqian and Su Chen, so the two stopped talking about it and instead discussed what to do about Dashi next.
Su Chen felt that it was necessary to let the soldiers rest in Basra for a few days to see the reaction of the food, and also to understand the situation on the Byzantine side.
Li Chengqian pointed to the map and said: "The Lachem people Elsa mentioned at that time were several hundred miles upstream of the river, right?"
"No news yet?"
When Su Chen heard Li Chengqian's question, his face immediately darkened: "Your Highness, I guess Elsa may have lied to us. She may not have gone where?"
Elsa said more than a month ago that she was going to find the Lachem people to find out if they had any plans to rebel against Dashi.
He took away a batch of silk and satin, gold and silver jewelry from Su Chen, and asked Li Chengqian for the title of Tang Dynasty envoy.
As a result, after leaving for more than a month, there was no news.
Judging by the time, she should have arrived at Lachem's territory long ago and should have returned by now.
"You should not lie to us! Isn't Hashem still staying with us well?"
"I guess things didn't go well."
Su Chen shook his head: "Even if things don't go well, she should be back by now, or at least send someone back to report."
"I guess she changed her itinerary midway, not necessarily what she was going to do,"
"I felt something was wrong since she was eager to find the Lachem people. I guess looking for the Lachem people was just an excuse. Who knows what she did with the title of the Tang Dynasty's envoy."
Li Chengqian said: "No way.
There is also a team of our marines beside her, and I know the team leader Li Qi, and they will not let her do anything wrong."
Su Chen sighed and said, "Lapu Pasu was able to deceive Wu Cheng and a hundred of his men into running around."
"This princess of Kanni is more ghostly than Lapu Pasu, so I guess I can't count on that Li Qi's brains!"
Li Chengqian thought about it, it was really possible, but he smiled and said: "It shouldn't be anything big. She shouldn't leave Hashim alone."
Su Chen said: "I hope so!"
For Lachem and Elsa, Su Chen felt that he could give up hope.
Unexpectedly, I got the news the next day.
In the afternoon of the next day, Su Chen was discussing the next plan of action with everyone.
A group of cannibals found Basra and said in Persian that they were looking for the Tang Prince. The Persians in charge of the outer guards took them into the city.
After asking carefully, it turned out that the Lachem people came to the door in person.
It turned out that Elsa went to find the Lachem people, and the mission was completed smoothly. She directly deceived the son of the leader of the Lachem people into coming to see Li Chengqian.
It was Ils, the son of Chief Lachem, whom Elsa had mentioned to Su Chen before. He came to meet Li Chengqian and Su Chen in person.
Ask Datang to help them get rid of the cannibal rule and help them re-establish the Kingdom of Lachem.
Li Chengqian and Su Chen warmly received Ilse, and of course they agreed to his request.
But the specific method of help needs to be discussed carefully.
After all, Su Chen couldn't directly help them capture cities and territories like he helped the Persians.
The gathering place of the Lachem people is far away from Basra, more than 800 miles away, but it is only more than 300 miles away from Ctesiphon.
After listening to Ils' story and having some understanding of the current situation of the Lachem people, Su Chen gave him the gunpowder formula and asked him to prepare it first.
After he receives specific news from Byzantium, he will make specific next steps.
Iers was very happy. In fact, he came here just for the gunpowder. He also knew that the Tang army could not directly send troops to help them.
The Lachem people's plan was to watch Dashi and the Tang army continue to fight, prepare their own gunpowder, and secretly accumulate strength.
After the serious conversation, Ilse took out two letters and said that Elsa asked him to deliver them to Su Chen.
Su Chen felt that this scene was very familiar. This was what Lapu Pasu did last time.
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In the desert north of Dashiban, a group of people were walking westward along a business road.
With a smile on her face, Elsa said to the dark-faced Li Qi next to her: "Why is Colonel Li so angry all the way?"
"When we come back from Chabiyeh, I will ask the commander to take credit for Captain Li!"
Li Qi glared at Elsa: "Humph! I will definitely be punished by the commander when I go back!"
"When the big cannibal is defeated, everything will be easy to talk about. It is not impossible for you to ask the commander to help you restore your country."
"Why do you have to run to Canni now? Don't you know you are wanted now?"
Elsa smiled and said: "I know! That's why I asked Captain Li to protect me!"
"As I said, we are here to help the commander inquire about the situation in Damascus and see if the Byzantines deceived the commander."
Li Qi ignored her and said in his heart: I believe you are a ghost!
Originally, the mission with the Lachem people was completed smoothly, but Elsa deceived the Lachem people with a few words and decided to take the initiative to make friends with the Tang Dynasty.
Li Qi thought that this errand was completed and he could go back to resume his life.
As a result, Elsa said she wanted to go to Chabiye.
Li Qi asked for a long time before he understood that Chabiye was the capital of the Kanni Kingdom!
Elsa is still being hunted by her uncle, King Canni. Wouldn't it be courting death to go back?
Of course Li Qi doesn't agree with Elsa's nonsense.
But what I didn't expect was that Elsa sneaked away alone in the middle of the night.
This almost made Li Qi angry to death!
Anxious and angry, Li Qi quickly asked the Lachem people to help lead the way, and then hurriedly chased him into the western desert.
After chasing for three days, Li Qi caught up with Elsa.
To be precise, Elsa was at an oasis, waiting for Li Qi to arrive!
An angry Li Qi stepped forward to question Elsa and asked her to go back with him.
Elsa asked with a smile: "Does Captain Li still remember the way back?"
