Songtsen Gampo's first plan failed like this. He did not expect the consequences to be very serious. More than half of the 50,000 cavalry responsible for welcoming him were lost overnight.
Some tribes who did not want him to return to Tubo learned the news and intercepted him on the way. In the end, less than 10,000 people under Songtsen Gampo returned to Tubo.
Originally, the Tubo tribe supported Songtsen Gampo in large numbers, but this disastrous defeat made some people start to make grand plans again.
At this critical moment, Songtsan Gampo's uncle realized that Tubo was about to split, and hurriedly announced his support for his nephew Songtsan Gampo to become Zampu, and this time the civil strife in Tubo was completely ended.
However, after this great change, Tubo's vitality was severely damaged and it was unable to start large-scale expansion for several years. At this time, the Tuyuhun tribe stepped up its efforts to capture the Tubo tribe's sphere of influence, and Songtsen Gampo, who suffered from a strange disease,
The delay in recovery has cast a shadow over the future of Tubo.
Fortunately, the leaders of the Anda tribe and Soma took the elixir given by Zhao Feng and clung to their lives.
"Brother, thanks to your elixir this time, my brother can save his life!"
Zhao Feng looked a little unnatural when facing the leader of Somo: "Brother, I'm sorry, I killed Batu!"
"Hmph, that thing is dead when it dies. Don't take it to heart, brother. I still have children in other tribes!"
Zhao Feng knew very well that Su Mo was still sad after saying this. After all, he had always brought Batu with him. Batu sent assassins to kill his father. You can imagine the sadness in Su Mo's heart.
"By the way, brother, there is something I haven't been able to figure out!"
"Whatever happens to my brother, as long as he knows about it, he will tell you everything!"
"Brother, why can I use my strength to deal with monsters, but my strength is weakened a lot when dealing with humans!"
Sumo stroked his gray beard and said: "This matter is related to the Tang Dynasty. More than thirty years ago, when the Tang Dynasty was seeking to dominate the world, demons and monsters were rampant. The Tang Dynasty built the Xiaoyao Pagoda.
, as long as they are close to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the demons and monsters will not be able to use their magical powers, including outsiders and strangers. Only by arriving in Chang'an and obtaining the Xiaoyao Order can the role of the Xiaoyao Tower be released!"
"I see!"
"Brother, I have prepared a gift for you. Let's leave for Datang as soon as possible!"
"That's okay, brother, take care!"
The leader of Somo walked out of the camp and announced in public: "From today on, Zhao Feng is the great witch of the Anda tribe, and his position is above Somo. From now on, no one in the tribe can disobey the orders of the great witch!"
"Great witch! Great witch! Great witch!"
As a part of the Turks, the Anda tribe has lost its great shaman for more than a hundred years. Zhao Feng taking over as the great shaman will make the Anda tribe more and more prosperous.
Zhao Feng accepted the worship of the Anda tribe, and the Anda tribe celebrated for three days in a row. Three days later, he took Ma Xiaodong to Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, while Ma Xiaobing pouted and watched his brother follow Zhao Fengyuan.
The oasis is more than three hundred miles away from the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. It is already autumn, when the war horses are fat and strong, and their first stop is Qiuci.
"Boss, ahead is Ya'an, the first acropolis of Qiuci! We can rest when we get there!"
"Rest, wait a while, your brother shows up, you have to go back!" Zhao Feng said with a smile.
"That kid won't come after me!" Ma Xiaodong assured, patting his chest.
As a result, the next second, one of Ma Xiaobing's black horses appeared next to a wine shop next to the pipeline.
"Xiaobing, you!" Ma Xiaodong was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Brother, don't be so stingy, let me go to Chang'an first this time!" Ma Xiaobing said proudly.
Zhao Feng ignored the two live treasure brothers and raised his head to look ahead. At the end of the wine shop, more than a hundred meters away, was the Ya'an Acropolis. There were two people hanging next to the city gate.
"How could it be them?"
Zhao Feng saw clearly the faces of the two people and was shocked.
"Xiaodong, Xiaobing, go back, you won't be able to go this time!"
"Why?" In fact, the two brothers had already discussed it and used this method to follow them to Datang. All they had to do was let Sun Guangcai go back.
"There are our brothers ahead. I must save them. You go to the front immediately to inquire about the situation!"
Brothers Ma Xiaodong and Ma Xiaobing were confused, but they still went to inquire about the news.
This time, Zhao Feng only took Sun Guangcai, Qiniang, and Ma Xiaodong to Chang'an. He left the other customs clearance certificates with a few other people so that they could buy necessary items from Qiuci, Gaochang and other places, and also asked if there were any outsiders.
news.
Zhao Feng got off the car and entered a wine shop on the roadside with Sun Guangcai. There was only mare's kumiss here, which neither of them liked to drink, so they only ordered some beef and water.
Soon, the Ma brothers came back after inquiring about the news, and their faces were very ugly.
"Boss, the situation is not good. The guards here slander outsiders as the minions of the devil. Any outsiders who want to pass the border are arrested and imprisoned in the dungeon. Every few days, two of them are hung on the top of the city.
Get burned to death!"
"That's unreasonable!" Zhao Feng slapped the table and smashed it to pieces.
"You leave the customs clearance warrant and return to the oasis immediately. This place is too close to the oasis. I'm afraid something has happened there!"
"It's the boss!"
Ma Xiaodong was worried about his wife and children, and Ma Xiaobing was worried about his daughter-in-law who had just passed away. The two jumped on their horses, whipped their horses and whipped them, and rushed back to the oasis.
"Boss, the guards here are really bullying people, why don't we go straight into the pass."
In the past year, Zhao Feng, Sun Guangcai and others lived in the desert oasis, and often heard news from the Tang Dynasty.
The situation for outsiders like them in the Tang Dynasty was not that good. In some places, outsiders were even arrested. The reason for this has not yet been figured out by Zhao Feng and the others.
"We can't act rashly until we figure out the reason!"
Zhao Feng decided to visit the guard of Ya'an, but not as an outsider, but as a great witch from the Anda tribe.
After changing his clothes, Zhao Feng was about to get out of the car when Qiniang said: "Mr. Sir, be careful, the Tang Dynasty has not been very good to outsiders because of foreign enemies on all sides!"
"I know, thank you Qiniang for reminding me!"
Zhao Feng was angry. In order to save his own people, he could only suppress his anger.
"I am the great shaman of the Anda tribe, and I would like to meet General Lu, the guard general of Ya'an!"
Zhao Feng was dressed in Anda tribe uniforms and was very eye-catching. Ya'an's guards hurriedly reported it.
Not long after, Zhao Feng sat in front of the Ya'an guard.
"I wonder what the great witch is doing here?"
General Lu was quite polite to Andabu, and his words and attitude made Zhao Feng feel more at ease.
"A few days ago, our envoys went to Chang'an. The leader of Somo captured a group of outsiders today and wants to send them to Chang'an. I don't know if the general can let them go!"
General Lu frowned: "I'm afraid this is impossible!"
"Why?" Zhao Feng asked.
"A few months ago, Empress Changsun was attacked by assassins and fell seriously ill. His Majesty the Emperor was furious and demanded that outsiders from all over the country be detained on the spot!"
Zhao Feng carefully inquired about the ins and outs of the incident and learned that the incident was related to outsiders, but there was no conclusive evidence, so he vented his anger on the outsiders.
"Feng Yin, there seems to be something wrong with this guy, have you noticed it?"
Zhao Feng took the opportunity to drink tea and asked Feng Yin: "This General Lu seems to be controlled. There is an obvious pause in his speech, and he seems to have become a marionette!"
Zhao Feng opened his holy eyes and carefully looked at General Lu in front of him. There was no sign of anything unusual. Suddenly, he saw a trace of black energy emerging from General Lu's side.
"This seems to be a soul-destroying curse?"
Zhao Feng stood up and pretended to say goodbye. General Lu was not aware of the deception and stood up to see him off. Zhao Feng raised his hand and pointed at his chest, making him unable to move immediately.
After leaving the room, Zhao Feng looked around and soon found clues about the well located in the military camp.
As the acropolis of Qiuci, Ya'an does not have a special residence for General Lu. He lives in the military camp like the soldiers.
The military camp is adjacent to a street, the only street in Ya'an City. In addition to leather goods, grain, and alcohol, there are also sour and smelly tea warehouses on the street. Most of the warehouses here are transit points for merchants traveling between Tang Dynasty and Tubo.
The largest part of the military camp is the warehouse, which is used to store supplies. Of course, these supplies will eventually be sent to Kucha, and a well is right next to the warehouse.
When he first arrived, Zhao Feng didn't notice anything unusual in the military camp. After restraining General Lu, he discovered that there were surprisingly few soldiers in the military camp.
In particular, the guards on both sides of the door were all listless, as if they were sick, their faces were sallow, and they could not stand still.
"How do you call me two?" Zhao Feng took out two small water bags from his pocket, which contained fine wine.
When the two guards smelled the smell of wine, they immediately became energetic, took the water bag, and without caring about the amount, they raised their necks and drank every last drop of the wine.
"This is Zhang Liu, this is Ma San! I wonder if the guest has anything to ask?" Zhang Liu took Zhao Feng's money and immediately became very polite.
"Why are there so few soldiers in the military camp?"
Zhang Liu looked inside the room and after hearing that there was no movement, he whispered: "All the soldiers in the camp have been sent to work by General Lu!"
"Working?" When Zhao Feng heard this, he was really surprised: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Liuyi pointed to the well not far away and said: "Half a year ago, a gold mine was discovered down there. General Lu immediately sealed off the military camp and sent people to dig. In order to hide it from others, he built a well."
"Excuse me, how many years has General Lu stayed here?" Zhao Feng asked again.
Zhang Liu looked at Ma San and shook his head: "We have been here for seven or eight years. Before that, General Lu was stationed here! No one can tell exactly how many years!"
Zhao Feng nodded and said, "I want to go down the well and have a look, is that okay?"
"This?" Zhang Liu looked confused. When Zhao Feng saw it, he thought there was a way and gave the two of them a piece of silver.
"You can go down, but don't delay for too long!"
"Don't worry, I'll come up in the afternoon to take a look!"
With the help of two guards, Zhao Feng quietly went down to the bottom of the well and found that it was connected in all directions.
Using Feng Yin's investigative abilities, Zhao Feng quickly discovered that there was no gold mine at all, but a demonized copper mine.