The heavy rain seemed to have no intention of stopping. Instead, it intensified due to the intensifying wind. The sky and the earth became one, and everything was gray.
Zhao Feng and others were sitting in the car. At first, they were interested in looking at the heavy rain outside the window. After a long time, they all became bored. In the end, everyone except him fell asleep.
After searching around, he still couldn't find a place to take shelter from the rain. Zhao Feng was very concerned about the long-haired cow pulling the cart. He planned to get off the car and take the long-haired cow into Xuantian Wonderland. At this moment, the long-haired cow suddenly stopped.
Come down.
"Is something wrong?"
Zhao Feng got out of the car and found many dead bodies in front of him. They seemed to have been dead for a while, and the heavy rain had washed away the blood stains.
"Hey, there are still living people!"
Next to a camel that was still alive, a person was trying to stand up. Zhao Feng hurried over and found that it was a woman. He quickly carried the woman into the car.
Zhao Feng helped the woman wipe away the blood and mud on her face, revealing a very delicate face.
"Apparently, she must be a barbarian! The woman's appearance is very different from that of the people of the Tang Dynasty. After checking her pulse for a while, Zhao Feng determined that the woman just had a high fever. After giving the woman medicine, he wanted to change her clothes, but found it very inconvenient.
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"Ajiu, wake up!"
"What are you doing, Brother Feng, I want to sleep!" Ah Jiu pouted and muttered, then opened his eyes, looking sleepy.
"Take her to change quickly!"
Ah Jiu saw that there was a foreign woman in the car for no apparent reason. Without asking any further questions, Ah Jiu picked up the woman and went to another room.
The next night, the woman's high fever subsided and she was able to speak.
"What's your name? Where do you come from?"
"My name is Edith. I followed my father from Persia to the Tang Dynasty. I am going to Chang'an to find my brother!"
Edith was mentally exhausted, and her face became increasingly pale due to her poor complexion. Her long golden hair and a pair of talking sapphire-like eyes made her look even more beautiful and charming.
"You are going to Chang'an, so let's go too. We are all going the same way!" Zhao Feng did not say that when he found Edith, everyone else was already dead.
In fact, Edith was a mysterious woman rescued by Zhao Feng, and this mysterious woman used Edith's body to complete the resurrection.
"Are all my family members dead?" Edith's sad face made Zhao Feng unable to bear to answer, so he just nodded lightly.
Edith lowered her head, buried her head between her knees, and cried softly.
"Ajiu, take good care of her!" Zhao Feng said and left Edith's room.
The heavy rain finally began to subside after five days, and Zhao Feng and his party were not far from Suzhou.
"Lord, climb over the slope in front and you will find Suzhou City!"
Huoling Tianxie pointed forward, Zhao Feng looked over and nodded: "We can reach Suzhou within a hundred miles at most!"
Suzhou leans on the Qilian Mountains to the south and the desert to the north, and where Zhao Feng is located is the famous Jiayuguan Pass in later generations.
Jiayuguan is a Great Wall pass established by the Ming Dynasty and is known as the first pass in the world. However, at present, it is not within the scope of the Great Wall.
"Kill!"
The wind and rain subsided, and there was a faint sound of fighting. Zhao Feng urged the puppy and went up the slope. On the road to the north, a group of Hu merchants was being attacked by more than ten Turkic cavalry.
The heavy rain in recent days caused a group of Turkic cavalry to go to Suzhou to lose contact with each other. Hushang Tuka was kind and took in the Turks who got lost in the heavy rain, but he did not expect that these Turkic cavalry would suddenly launch a sneak attack after the weather improved.
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The Turkic cavalry first made a sneak attack and killed the five strongest followers in the caravan, and then began to massacre those who disobeyed their orders.
"Damn it! Tian Xie, pay attention to what's going on around you, I'm going!"
Zhao Feng clamped his legs, and the puppy swooped out to play, heading straight for the caravan. The two sides were not far apart, and soon met a Turkic cavalry head-on, killing a Hu merchant.
Zhao Feng raised his gun, put the Turkic cavalry on the spear, threw the dead body out with all his strength, and smashed the other two Turkic cavalry from their horses. The two Turkic cavalry were hit with broken bones and tendons, and they were almost alive.
It doesn't work.
The other three Turkic cavalrymen noticed that outsiders were interfering. They turned their horses, brandished their scimitars, and went straight to kill Zhao Feng.
Zhao Feng was on horseback, flicking his spear, and dozens of spearheads flashed in an instant. Two Turkic cavalrymen on the left were stabbed through the throat one after another and fell off the horse. The Turkic cavalry on the right slashed at Zhao Feng's shoulder with a knife.
He ducked out of the way, raised his sword and cut the Turkic cavalryman and horse into four pieces.
Afterwards, Zhao Feng charged into the caravan, stabbing with spears and slashing with swords. After a while, more than a dozen Turkic cavalry were all killed in the battle.
"Dear Your Excellency, thank you for your help. Here are some of my thoughts!"
Tuka came to Zhao Fengma with a plate of precious stones and gold coins in his hand and thanked him respectfully. His Chinese was very stiff, but it did not affect communication.
"It doesn't have to be like this. For Zhao, this is just a piece of cake, and I'm just passing by here!"
Zhao Feng did not accept Tuka's gift, but Tuka was very embarrassed: "Your Excellency, could you please allow me to treat you as a landlord and treat you to dinner and drinks? Can we go with you all the way?"
"That's fine!" Zhao Feng nodded.
Tuka was very happy and gave him warm hospitality along the way. In fact, after the previous battle, most of the guards of Tuka's caravan were killed. Only two people were seriously injured and barely managed to save their lives, but they also lost their combat effectiveness.
An unescorted caravan walking along the Silk Road will easily be robbed by robbers, buried in the desert, or even annexed by other caravans.
Zhao Feng and his party followed the caravan and arrived at Suzhou City the next afternoon.
"Your Excellency, just ahead is Suzhou City. There are familiar residences there. It's good for us to live together so we can be taken care of!"
"Okay!" Zhao Feng did not refuse.
The caravan entered first. In order to avoid the commotion caused by the puppy, Zhao Feng sat on a long-haired ox cart and arrived at the city gate.
"Stop, who are you?"
To Zhao Feng's surprise, before he could produce the customs clearance warrant issued by the great wizard of the Anda tribe, the Suzhou gatekeepers of the Tang Dynasty surrounded him.
"What do you mean by this?" Zhao Feng asked coldly, facing the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were surrounding them.
"Get out of the car and get inspected!" A soldier said fiercely, pointing a long gun at Zhao Feng.
Zhao Feng was very unhappy, suppressed his anger, jumped out of the car, and asked: "Where is your superior officer? I want to see him!"
Pointing a gun at his soldiers, Zhao Feng was about to hit Zhao Feng with the barrel of his gun. Zhao Feng was furious and punched the soldier, knocking him down. Then he used boxing skills, punching and kicking, and some soldiers were thrown to the ground.
Some people on the top of the city were kicked out. After a while, at the west gate of Suzhou, there were no soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the city gate. They were all beaten to the ground by him.
Zhao Feng clapped his hands, straightened his clothes, got in the car again, and ignored the frightened people around him, and headed into the city leisurely.
Suddenly, twenty or thirty soldiers rushed out from the city gate. Some of these soldiers bent their bows and arrows, some held swords and shields to block the city gate, and some pointed their spears forward to block both sides of the road.
A school captain stood on horseback in the middle of the city gate, pointing his spear at Zhao Feng: "Who are you? How dare you trespass into Suzhou?"
Zhao Feng didn't want to make the matter a big deal, so he didn't kill him just now: "I am the great wizard of the Anda tribe, going to Chang'an to pay tribute to His Majesty the Tang Dynasty!"
This school lieutenant was of low rank and had never heard of the Andabe, or he didn't know where the Andabe was, so his attitude seemed very unfriendly.
Tuka, the leader of the caravan who entered the city first, came directly to the residence of Lu Jin, the governor of Suzhou, after learning about the situation.
"Excuse me, Tuka wants to see Governor Lu!"
As the governor of Zhongzhou, Lu Jin was considered a high-ranking official in Suzhou. He did not serve as a director of the government office on weekdays. Instead, he discussed matters such as the preparation of grain and fodder, and the prevention of Turks in his mansion with his subordinate officials.
"Sir, Hu Shang Tuka wants to see you!"
Lu Jin waved his hand, intending to refuse, but suddenly thought: "At this time, it is officially a troubled time, maybe there is something wrong with this person?"
After thinking for a while, Lu Jin said: "Let him wait in the side hall!"
"yes!"
After Tuka waited in the side hall for a while, Lu Jin sent someone to meet Tuka.
"What's the matter with you?"
Tuka took out a package of financial affairs and quietly handed it to the visitor: "My friend is a great witch from the Anda tribe. He went to Chang'an to pay tribute, but was blocked at the city gate. I hope Governor Lu can ask about it!"
This person accepted Tuka's gift and said: "Please wait!"
Soon, the man returned to Lu Jin and whispered: "The great wizard of the Anda tribe went to Chang'an to pay tribute to His Majesty, but was rudely stopped at the city gate!"
"There is such a thing!" Lu Jin was shocked.
Nowadays, Turkic cavalry often invades. Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty urgently needs to make good friends with various ministries and jointly deal with the Turks.
The Anda Tribe is in the Western Region, and although its strength does not need to be that of Tubo or Tuyuhun, it should not be underestimated, especially since it is in alliance with the surrounding tribes and controls at least 200,000 people. It is the tribe that Li Shimin tried his best to win over.
"Go immediately and resolve this matter without offending the Anda Ministry envoy."
Lu Jin had important matters, and Zhao Feng had not paid a visit to him, so Lu Jin had no intention of meeting him, the great wizard of the Anda tribe.
Lu Jin's subordinate officers rode straight to the West City Gate. When they arrived, they saw a huge chaos at the West City Gate. Hundreds of soldiers were lying on the ground. There were seventy or eighty people, led by a school captain, waiting in formation with one person outside the city gate.
"stop!"
The subordinate officer stopped his own captain and soldiers, and rode to Zhao Feng: "Your Majesty is the great wizard of the Anda tribe!"
Zhao Feng took out his token. When the subordinate officer saw it, he understood clearly. He immediately clasped his fists and said:
"I'm offended. This matter is just a misunderstanding. The governor of Suzhou, Lu, sent someone here. I hope that the great witch can resolve this matter and not pursue it further!"
Zhao Feng nodded and said: "Since it is a misunderstanding, Zhao has to enter the city and continue on his journey tomorrow!"
Lu's subordinate officials ordered people to give way, and Zhao Feng drove into Suzhou. Tuka was waiting by the roadside in person.
"Thank you!" Zhao Feng cupped his fists.
"You're welcome, if it weren't for you, Tuka and the caravan would have died on the road!"
Tuka led Zhao Feng to a very luxurious wine shop, where fine wine and delicacies had already been prepared.
"The Tang Dynasty is indeed extraordinary. Such pomp and circumstance will not be comparable to that of later generations!"