Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

On the sixth day after leaving Chang'an, Li Ke and others had already arrived at the original border between Tuyuhun and Datang. After crossing a soil slope in front, a dilapidated village appeared in front of Li Ke and them again.

There is a cemetery not far from the village. Li Ke and the others slowed down their speed. When passing by the cemetery, it can be seen that many of the graves are new, and the village not far away is a bit dilapidated. came back.

"Your Highness, there is no one in the village. It should be the same as the previous villages. It was invaded by Tuyuhun before, and the surviving villagers have all moved away. This place is empty." The scout said in a deep voice.

Li Ke nodded silently. The environment here is not bad. There is a river flowing not far away, and the weeds in the fields in the distance are already luxuriant, but no one has cultivated them.Judging from the land here, although it is not fertile, it is no problem to support the family, and it is considered a good land.

It's just a pity that there are no more people living here.

The Tang Dynasty in Zhenguan was known as the prosperous age of Zhenguan in history, but at this border, there are still ten rooms and nine empty places.

Li Yin, who was right next to Li Ke, also watched all this silently. When he arrived in the Western Regions, everything around him became more and more different from what he imagined.

He didn't know how he persisted for the past few days. The wounds on his legs had to be re-worn almost every day, but as time went by, it seemed that his resistance to pain became stronger and stronger.

At least yesterday he secretly saw the third brother applying medicine to himself. It turned out that the third brother's legs were also worn out. After giving him the cushion, the third brother's saddle was naturally harder.

But when he took the medicine, it was as if he wasn't taking medicine for himself at all, and his hands didn't even tremble at all.

Li Ke's legs were indeed worn out. After all, he had never ridden a horse with such a high intensity, but this little pain didn't matter to Li Ke, Drizzle.

"Death on the battlefield, shrouded in horse leather, sounds like the romance of all soldiers, but no one has ever known that those soldiers who fought bloody battles only want their families behind them, not like this village, that's all."

"Li Yin, do you know?" Li Ke said.

Li Yin was stunned for a moment, then paused and said, "Third brother, younger brother is dull."

"This Great Tang, this prosperous age of Zhenguan, is supported by these thousands of people. Now our Great Tang is fighting abroad, do you know what constitutes a war?" Before Li Yin could answer, Li Ke's tone was calm He said: "War means that our royal family produces swords, guns and armor, the aristocratic family produces officials and generals who command and control logistics, and the common people produce food and children."

"When the war ended, our royal family took back the swords, guns and armor, and the powerful families began to eat big fish and meat to fight for power and gain more benefits for this war, while the common people were hungry looking for the relics or ashes of their children."

"What do you think they are for? To let you eat, drink and have fun?"

Li Yin sounded a little uncomfortable, but he...he didn't know how to refute, he was in a very uncomfortable mood, Li Yin never thought that one day he would feel uncomfortable because of these muddy legs, but at this moment, he was very uncomfortable.

Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian were silent, they just sat on the horse silently and did not speak, as if they could not hear His Highness's words.

"Blow the horn, let's go!" Li Ke did not continue to preach, but directly issued an order.

"Woo..." The low and melodious sound of the horn sounded near the dead village, and the dull sound of the horse's hooves began to move again. Li Ke, who was riding on the horse, had a silent expression, and the skin on his face was also affected by these It became a little rough due to the rush of the day, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.

On the eighth day, Li Ke waited for more than 3000 riders and crossed the high slope in front of him. A blue lake in the distance came into view. Qinghai Lake officially appeared in front of Li Ke. Everything in the distance seemed to be the same as Li Ke had seen in his previous life. Nothing seemed to have changed much, as if something crossed time and space and reappeared in front of him.

It’s just that Li Ke knows that this is different. There are more birds on this vast lake, and there are no houses here, no asphalt roads, only a large white tent in the distance, which is abnormally obvious on the black-gray and green land. .

Li Ke and the others have already contacted the rearguard logistics troops left by Li Jing. The reason why the land is black and gray is because when Murong Fuyun learned that Li Shimin ordered Li Jing to attack Tuyuhun, he implemented the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, burning all the pastures and preparatory land. The remaining hay was intended to trap Datang's cavalry.

But now, in the burnt pasture, the underground grass has grown out, and soon, the black-gray ground will be completely covered, and it will become green again.

The place where the tents were located was the "king city" of Tuyuhun. It was said to be a king city, but in fact there was no city, it was just a large area of ​​tents. houses and wooden fences.

A group of sentries in the distance had already rushed here on horseback.

"The last general, Wang Daliang, has seen His Highness." A captain who rushed over directly clapped his hands and saluted loudly.

"Wai Li, what's the situation now?" Li Ke asked.

"Grand Duke Dai has ordered people to continue to follow Murong Fuyun. The battle is going well. The royal city of Tuyuhun is under our control. The last general is currently in charge. Duke Dai is waiting for you in Chihai." Wang Daliang said quickly.

"Then let's go directly to Chihai today, but the horses are already very tired, so let's change the horses here." Li Ke said.

"Yes! Don't worry, Your Highness, there are excellent war horses here, and the last thing we need is war horses." Wang Daliang said with a smile.

After everyone changed their war horses in Tuyuhun King City, that is, near the south bank of Qinghai Lake, Li Ke and the others ran straight towards Chihai. The mountainous area between Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake is not steep. As far as the terrain is considered flat, Wang Daliang and the others have already found a suitable route.

Led by Wang Daliang's scouts, Li Ke and the others arrived at Chihai about two hours later!It is the Chaka Salt Lake of later generations.

Seeing the surrounding environment, Li Ke felt a little emotional. This place is much more beautiful than later generations. The area of ​​Chaka Salt Lake seems to be larger than that of later generations. Although there are grasslands around Chaka Salt Lake in later generations, they are very sparse and farther away. It is not much different from the Gobi Desert.

But now, the grassland here is very lush, and it can be seen that large-scale grazing can still be carried out here.From a long distance, Li Ke saw a large number of cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland, which should have been captured by Li Jing and the others.

From the battle report alone, we know that they have seized more than 40 miscellaneous animals. It is estimated that they cannot be put here. I saw a lot of them at Qinghai Lake before.

Li Jing had been waiting here from a long distance. After Li Ke came over, before Li Ke got off his horse, Li Jing smiled and saluted, "I have seen His Highness King Qin and His Highness King Liang."

"Duke Dai is polite." Li Ke hurriedly got off his horse, took two quick steps, and supported Li Jing with a smile.

"To be honest, I didn't expect to see His Highness King Qin here." Li Jing was a little happy.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that after the last farewell, Dai Guogong's demeanor is still the same." Li Ke also smiled and said, "It seems that the current battle is going well?"

"Successfully, Murong Fuyun has already escaped. For the latest scout news, he may have escaped to Qiemo Kingdom and other places." Li Jing said.

Li Ke nodded, Qiemo Country is the location of Qiemo County next to the Taklamakan Desert in later generations, and now because many river basins of the Tarim River still have a large amount of water, the oasis there is also larger. It seems that Qiemo Country is one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions. Settled country, non-nomadic people.