The team left Chang'an and crossed the Yellow River via Qianlong Road to Lanzhou. They traveled two stages and more than 60 miles a day. The speed was relatively slow, mainly taking care of the speed of Shi Xin Khan and his family.
The Longwu Army, one man and two cavalry, no longer had the same grandeur as when they first left the city. After all, they were traveling a long way. Isn’t it uncomfortable for him to have fifty or sixty kilograms of armor covering his body? After the soldiers took off their armor, they were like plucked roosters.
How can they be so heroic? They only wore soap-colored crotch-less robes and forehead wipes. Even their weapons and armors were tied to another horse, and they walked around leisurely.
But the arrogance of the Imperial Guards still existed. They were the direct bodyguards of the Saint and set an example for the Tang Army in the world. Naturally, they looked down on these border troops.
When the army arrived at Qingshuiyi outside Lanzhou City, it stopped and could not leave. The reason was that Shi Xin Khan was exhausted from the journey and wanted to rest for a night to regain his energy before leaving.
Fumeng Ling noticed that he had never traveled far, so he was particularly considerate and ordered everyone to rest at the inn for a day and a night with a wave of his hand.
Unexpectedly, Shi Xin had another misunderstanding and suggested that Lanzhou City was not far away. There were so many people in their group that they could not fit in this small inn. It was inevitable that some people would sleep outside the house. In order to show sympathy for the soldiers, they might as well walk a few steps further and live in Lanzhou.
In the city.
Fumeng thought carefully and realized that it was reasonable to be considerate to his subordinates. He did not want to go against the will of the public, so he ordered the troops to set off and entered Lanzhou City under the noon sun.
There was an official post in the city. Although it was not small, it could not accommodate a team of nearly a thousand people. The Longwu Army surrounded Ji Qi Jue Khan and occupied the post first.
Fumeng Lingcha, Gao Xianzhi and the others do not care about these top soldiers in the capital. After all, these people are Chen Xuanli's subordinates. When it comes to the people and things around the saint, they should be more careful.
The guards of the Anxi Army were stationed opposite the Guanyi. Although these private inns on the street were not as grand as the public Guanyi, the service quality was more than one level higher. The innkeepers were quite conscientious and allowed them to sleep in the open air outside the inn.
The soldiers set up a pergola and provided free mung bean soup.
Shi Xin was quite proud of himself. By chance, he avoided the sight of Fumeng and other Anxi generals, and he also started to think carefully. In fact, any excuse he made for being tired from the journey, or any sympathy for the soldiers to enter Lanzhou City were all fake. The real purpose was
The chickens were so itchy that the cages of chickens hanging on the ink trucks were eagerly waiting for the fight.
There must be a cockfighting ring in the city of Lanzhou City. As a cockfighting expert in Chang'an City, he couldn't wait to test how high the rankings of the cockfighters in this small place in Lanzhou City were, and whether they would be beaten by his own iron.
The crown head was pressed hard against the ground and rubbed, it was exciting just thinking about it.
He rubbed his hands and paced back and forth in the inn hall. He took a few glances and saw Fumeng Lingcha and Li Siye entering the inn. He hurriedly waved to the young man Chuulu who was making the bed in the room.
"Cui Lu, come here."
Chuulu trotted up to him, raised his chin and asked, "Khan, what are your orders?"
"Go, go to the back of the ink truck and take off the chicken coop with the iron crown." It seems that a chicken is not very safe. In case of fatigue and damage during the journey, there cannot be even a substitute, he thought like this, and then
Said: "Pick off the red-billed eagle as well."
Chuulu scratched his hair in embarrassment: "Khan, you are going to fight cocks again. We stayed in Lanzhou City to recharge our batteries and gain strength for the journey. How could Khan desert temporarily just for fun?
?If Fumeng Jieduzhao lets them see it, what will they think of you?"
"I don't care what they think of me. If I don't watch a cockfight for a day, I will lose all my energy. After watching a cockfight, I will be full of energy. Go!"
The young man Chuolv was still hesitating, not sure whether he should help the evildoer or not.
Shi Xin pointed at Chuulu's forehead: "You don't listen to the Khan? If you don't go, when you get to Talas City, I will make other people Ejin, and I won't make you Ejin! You don't want to be Ejin.
Are you tired? Don’t you want to lead troops?"
The desire for Aijin finally defeated his reason, Chuulu nodded: "Okay, I'll go."
He quickly slipped out of the front door of the hotel, and quickly came back from the side door carrying two chicken coops. Shi Xin signaled him to be silent, took a chicken coop from his hand, and waved in a low voice: "Follow me through the back door.
go out."
"Should I go too?"
"Nonsense, if you don't go, are you going to let Khan and I carry the two chicken coops?"
The two men carried the chicken coop through the back hall door of the post house and came to the backyard. Several Longwu Army soldiers saw it, but they didn't know the nature of the Khan, so they just bowed and saluted.
The two of them slipped out of the small door of the backyard.
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After the soldiers rested, they had to find ways to have fun. However, the military orders of the Longwu Army and the Anxi Army were very strict, and the soldiers did not dare to wander far away. They just shared tables and drank in a few inns and restaurants on both sides of the street.
Gao Xianzhi, Li Siye, Ma Li and others sat cross-legged in front of the four-legged table. They asked the store for a pot of mutton and a bucket of turbid wine, and tasted it slowly.
Several junior officers of the Longwu Army mingled with another officer, drinking and bragging, talking about the combat power of the ten military envoys of the Tang Dynasty and the garrison of the capital. It was said that only about 16 guards of Nanya were left.
The Jinwu Guards, the Left and Right Xiao Guards, the Left and Right Gate Supervisors, and the Left and Right Qianniu Guards still have troops under their command, but the rest have become empty shells. Not to mention the Jinwu Guards and Xiao Guards, they are just troops that preside over the curfew and maintain law and order in the capital.
, not much fighting power. The gate guards are quite powerful. The key person behind them is General Gao Lishi, and the Qianniu Guards on the left and right have also become saints' guards of honor. Speaking of which, it is better to say that our Longwu Army is a part of the Yulin Army.
, now the green ones and the blue ones all live in seclusion on it.
The combat power of the border towns of the Shijiedu Envoys is also impressive, such as Fanyang, Shuofang, Anxi, and Hexi. They can all be ranked in the top four or three, but compared with our Longwu Army, they are scum, you say.
Are you comparing equipment or horses? Isn't it the first place in capturing the flag every autumn hunt? It is estimated that the top three combined can compete with our Longwu Army.
Li Siye and others listened inadvertently and felt quite surprised. The Anxi Army was actually in the chain of contempt of the Emperor's Imperial Army?
Fumeng Lingcha came down the stairs, Gao Xianzhi, Li Siye and the others stood up and saluted. One of the officers of the Longwu Army next to them wanted to stand up, but another officer glared back and whispered: "We are the Longwu Army."
, apart from saluting the saints and General Chen Xuanli, have you ever saluted outsiders?"
Although Fumeng Jiedushi had a bad temper, he was very good at cultivating qi at this time. He calmly waved to Gao Xianzhi and said: "Xianzhi, come with me to see Jiqingjue Khan and discuss with him the situation west of Suiye River.
The situation will prevent him from being at a loss when he takes office."
Although Shi Xin looks incompetent, he is sitting in that position. Fumeng Lingcha needs him to keep up with the pace of the Anxi Protectorate, and naturally hopes that he can make a difference. Before taking office, at least let him know the current situation of Suiyechuan
In the situation to the west, the former Wusuinubi tribe and Wudulu tribe have declined and dispersed, and most of them are attached to Tuqi Shi. He must divide and win over these small and weak tribes, and at the same time use Tuqi Shi's black and yellow two tribes to fight against each other.
In short, it is not a good job to establish one's khan status by relying on conflicts between tribes, and it is impossible to teach.
But he still decided to try his best to inculcate it. This is called knowing the destiny and doing the best for people.
The two of them walked into the post house opposite one after another, but Shi Xin was nowhere to be seen. They asked the officers of the Longwu Army, but they all replied that they had not seen him. They went to the female family members' room upstairs to see Princess Jiaohe.
The princess also claimed that she had never seen her husband's face since she came in.
This is strange. How could a living person suddenly disappear in broad daylight?
The dignified Jigui Khan disappeared in the inn, how could these Longwu soldiers still act like nothing happened?
After Fumeng Lingcha climbed up the steps of Jiedushi, he had begun to suppress his anger intentionally, but his face could not help but turn black at this moment. As a subordinate, Gao Xianzhi naturally wanted to vent his anger on behalf of his superiors.
He shouted angrily: "Long Wujun! What's going on?"
There was a sound of treading on the stairs of the Guanyi. Zhonghou Fan Shao led two captains and leaned out on the handrail of the stairs. He narrowed his eyes and asked: "Fumeng Zhongcheng, General Gao, what are your orders?"
Gao Xianzhi snorted coldly: "His Majesty ordered you to be the personal bodyguards of Khan Jue. Now that Khan has disappeared, do you have anything to say?"