Gan Duo said anxiously: "Your Highness King Yan, we can put aside the Qingtang matter for the time being. I would also like to talk about the prisoners of our army. We hope that His Highness King Yan can release our prisoners. It also allows them to return to their homeland and reunite with their families; this is a great merit, and I hope King Yan can agree to it!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Of course." Gan Duo couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and said: "King Yan will definitely get the blessing of the Buddha if he performs good deeds!" Yang Peng joked: "If I get the blessing of the Buddha, you Isn’t Tubo going to be in great misfortune?” Gan Duo sighed and then said: “In short, we are very grateful to King Yan for his generosity and kindness!”
Yang Peng waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to thank me in a hurry, I haven't finished speaking yet. There is no problem in releasing the captives, but you Tubo must come up with the conditions of exchange. It's like doing business, one hand has money and the other hand has There is no reason in the world to give away goods for free.”
Gan Duo frowned and asked, "What does King Yan mean by asking us to exchange Qingtang and the Qinghai Lake area?" Yang Peng laughed loudly and said, "Your envoy thinks too cheaply! Qingtang and the Qinghai Lake area, in exchange for our army to stop attacking, and these hundreds of thousands of prisoners need to be exchanged for something else!" Gan Duo felt vaguely uncomfortable in his heart, and asked: "I don't know what King Yan wants us to get. Come and exchange?"
Yang Peng stood up and walked to the map stand. At this time, the map of Xichuan and the entire Tubo was already hung on the map stand. Gan Duo followed Yang Peng to the map stand. He could tell at a glance that the map in front of him was the map of his own country, and it was much more detailed than the map used by his own side. It actually marked many place names that he had never seen before. While Gan Duo was sighing with emotion, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart and said to himself: Not good! He intends to annex Tubo, and he must have been planning for a long time! Otherwise, how could I have such a detailed map of Tubo! ?
Yang Peng pointed to the big bend in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and said: "The land east of the river is used in exchange for these captives." The area Yang Peng pointed to is roughly the same size as the Qingtang and Qinghai Lake areas. It is in the southeast of Qinghai Lake and in The south of Lanzhou and Xining Prefecture is connected to Qinfeng Road and Xichuan area. Although the place is not big, it is a place with rich water and grass.
When Gan Duo saw Yang Peng pointing to that area, he was surprised and said angrily: "Don't King Yan think this request is too much?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "This is the condition I offered. Do you accept it or not?" That's your business. Well, you don't have to bother with me anymore. You'd better go back and have a good discussion with your emperor and living Buddha. If the delay lasts for a long time and the current situation changes, my conditions will also change. It will change.”
Gando felt a little helpless and felt that given the current situation, what he could do was indeed very limited. He bowed to Yang Peng and then left. Yang Peng looked at Gan Duo's hurried away figure with a smile on his face. He was not anxious at all, nor worried about what the Tubo side would do. The current initiative was all in his own hands, and it didn't matter what the other side decided.
The carriage left Chengdu and rushed towards Tubo. Dozens of Tubo cavalry were guarding the carriage on horseback. Gan Duo sat in the carriage and thought about Yang Peng's words just now. The falcon glance appeared in his mind again. Gan Duo couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and couldn't help but murmured: "Yang Peng will not let us go." Big Tubo, what should we do? There are only two ways in front of us now, either agree to Yang Peng's conditions and cede Qingtang and the entire Qinghai Lake area, or fight to the end with the Yanyun Army!"
As he read this, he couldn't help but frown. He felt that it was too humiliating to cede land for peace. Not to mention His Majesty, even he found it unacceptable. But if Yan Yun's conditions are not agreed to, Yan Yun's army will not give up. Yan Yun is so powerful and powerful that he can stop him? Maybe it can be blocked. Although Yan Yun's army is brave and brave, we, Da Tubo, have a very advantageous condition, that is, I, Da Tubo, are blessed by the Buddha! My country, Tubo, is a place blessed by gods and Buddhas. When outsiders come here, let alone fighting, even movement will become very difficult!
What Gan Duo was thinking about was actually the thin air caused by the high altitude in Tibet. People who have lived in low altitude areas for a long time suddenly come here, and their physiological systems will naturally be very uncomfortable, so they often Various pathological reactions occur, which modern society calls altitude sickness. However, in this era thousands of years ago, science and technology were backward. People in Tibetan areas naturally did not understand that high altitudes would cause thin air and thus affect the human body. They just saw that people from other places often suffer from symptoms when they come to Tubo. Physical discomfort and other symptoms, but the people of Tubo, from the emperor to the living Buddha to the common people and slaves, everything is as usual without any discomfort. They can't think of the reason, so they naturally think that their gods and Buddhas are protecting this area, and this This area is an exclusive place given to them by gods and Buddhas.
Thinking of this, Gan Duo couldn't help but smile, clasped his hands together, and bowed devoutly. He straightened up and murmured: "I, the Great Tubo, are blessed by gods and demons, so I don't have to worry too much about the Yanyun Army! Although I, the Great Tubo, cannot compete with the Yanyun Army, the Yanyun Army cannot really fight against me, the Great Tubo Army." What kind of threat does it pose!" After saying this, the worry that seemed to be weighing heavily on his heart disappeared. Gando leaned back against the wall of the carriage, closed his eyes, and prepared to take a rest.
Just when Gan Duo seemed to be awake but not asleep, he felt as if there were rapid sounds of horse hooves galloping from far to near. At the same time, someone kept shouting: "Great victory! Great victory on the front line! General Yang breaks through the Qing Dynasty." Damn it!..."
Gando heard the content of the shout clearly and woke up in horror. He quickly opened the curtain and looked around, just in time to see a herald with a signal flag on his back galloping past, shouting uncontrollably, It soon became difficult to hear clearly. Pedestrians and business travelers on both sides of the official road stopped to watch, talked about it, and everyone looked happy. Gan Duo frowned and asked his guard captain: "Did you hear that?" The guard captain frowned and nodded, saying: "I heard it, it said that Yang Yanzhao defeated Qingtang!"
Gan Duo frowned and said: "So I heard you right! How is this possible?" Then he said to the guard captain: "You return to Chengdu immediately and find out what is going on?" The guard captain agreed and reined in his horse. Then he turned the horse's head and galloped towards Chengdu. At this time, the group was not very far away from Chengdu, and could still vaguely see the city towers and houses of Chengdu hidden among the green mountains.
Soon after, the guard captain returned. Gan Duo ordered the team to stop, opened the curtain, and asked: "How is it? Did you find out clearly?" The guard captain nodded with a pale face and said: "Yan Yun officially issued an announcement saying that Yang Yanzhao broke through Qing Dynasty two days ago. Tang! Qingtang, Qingtang has really been breached!"
Gan Duo became at a loss, and all his previous thoughts suddenly disappeared. He suddenly felt that it seemed that the Buddha could not protect Tubo this time! After thinking for a moment, he said to the guard captain: "Let's go back!" The guard captain asked in surprise: "Go back?" Gan Duo frowned and said: "The situation has changed now, and Yang Peng's attitude may have also changed. We must listen again. Listen to his conditions, otherwise this trip will be in vain?" The guard captain nodded. The group turned around on the spot and returned to Chengdu. As soon as Gan Duo returned to Chengdu, he didn't bother to rest, so he went to see Yang Peng. Yang Peng met him and said: "I won't talk nonsense. If you want peace in Tubo and you want prisoners, take the land east of the Zhequ River." Come and exchange!" The Zhejiang River is now the Jinsha River. By the way, the Tibet area in this era is different from the Tibet area in modern society. In this era, most of the western Sichuan area belonged to Tubo, almost To the west of Qionglai Mountain, not far west of Chengdu, is the territory of Tubo.
When Gan Duo heard Yang Peng's conditions, he secretly complained in his heart, knowing that whatever he said was useless, so he said that he would immediately convey King Yan's conditions to His Majesty the Emperor. Then he bowed and went down. …
In the dead of night, Yang Peng was still reviewing official documents in his study. These documents were reports on the situation in other areas of Yanyun forwarded from Tianjing New City, and some important matters requested Yang Peng's decision. Although Yang Peng has delegated a lot of power, there are still many things that require his decision-making. …
Luo Yanran and An Qian suddenly appeared not far away, distributing food to the refugees. The refugees looked extremely grateful and thanked them one after another: "Thank you, Princess!..." Yang Peng smiled slightly and walked over. At this moment, a group of masked men in black suddenly appeared and killed everyone on sight. Crying and shouting suddenly broke out, and the scene became chaotic. Yang Peng was shocked when he saw this scene and rushed forward. Suddenly, several men in black rushed in front of Luo Yanran and An Qian, slashing with their swords. The flying blood dyed their faces red. Yang Peng felt his head explode and shouted: "No!..."
Yang Peng yelled and opened his eyes suddenly, only to find that he was still in the study room of the palace. It was still a silent night, and the lights on the desk were gently moving.
There were hurried footsteps at the door, and a large group of hidden swords rushed in with unsheathed swords. Seeing that Yang Peng was still sitting unharmed behind the desk, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They were guarding outside just now when they suddenly heard King Yan's scream from the study. They were all frightened to death. Without thinking about it, they hurriedly pulled out their horizontal swords and ran in. Fortunately, nothing happened. King Yan Safe and sound.
Wang Kai cupped his fists and asked, "Master, what happened?" Yang Peng waved his hand, "It's okay, I just had a dream." Everyone was completely relieved and felt that King Yan was probably too tired! Wang Kai cupped his fists and said, "King Yan, it's already very late, please rest early!"
Yang Peng flipped through the official document in front of him and said, "I'll read it for a while, then you can go down." Everyone clasped their fists in agreement and retreated. Yang Peng was flipping through the official documents absentmindedly, but he was recalling the scene in his dream. Although it was just a dream, when he thought about it, it made people tremble with fear. Chen Xiao closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead. He still had a palpitating feeling in his heart that he couldn't let go.
There were footsteps at the door. Chen Xiao thought it was Wang Kai again, and shouted angrily: "Didn't I tell you to go down? Why did you come in again?" The footsteps stopped, and Yan Ji's voice came: "I just obey your orders."
Yang Peng quickly raised his head and saw Yan Ji was about to leave, and said quickly: "Don't go, don't go!" Yan Ji stopped, looked at Yang Peng, frowned slightly, and asked, "The King of Yan looks very bad. , did you encounter something troublesome?" Yang Peng shook his head and said: "Nothing." He glanced at Yan Ji and asked: "You came to see me late at night, there must be something important, right?" Yan Ji said: "Yes. There are some things, but they are not that important. We have just received a message from the subordinates of 'Hua Xu'. They have wiped out many remaining noble resistance forces in various places, and at the same time, they discovered some secret warehouses, including an armory!"
Yang Peng nodded and said: "These nobles have been operating in Sichuan for hundreds of years. They are really big trees with deep roots!" Yan Ji said: "Our people found many clues during the killing. I have ordered people to The investigations were carried out separately. In addition, we also learned an important fact from the prisoners. Currently, the remaining resistance forces are led by Mo Lun's son, Mo Haotian."
"Mo Haotian?"
Yan Ji nodded and said: "Based on all aspects of the situation, this Mo Haotian is not simple. Although he was born into a wealthy family, he had been wandering in the world before he was fifteen years old, and learned a lot of skills from strangers. Wu Yi has been hiding in the darkness for the past few years, secretly controlling many underworld forces to serve the three major families. Many mysterious and major cases that happened in Sichuan in the past can now be confirmed to be committed by the underworld forces led by Mo Haotian. Soon He planned the previous prisoner-robbing operation, but that operation not only failed to succeed, but also caused Mo Haotian to lose most of his elite subordinates.
Yang Peng frowned and said: "There is such a force, how come you haven't heard Tu Lou talk about it?" Yan Ji said: "It's no wonder he is. Mo Haotian's force, let alone Tu Lou, even the three major Very few core members of the family know this. If our latest raid hadn't captured a close confidant of Mo Haotian's, we might have thought that the forces vaguely opposed to us were just the noble clans. It’s just the remnants of some people who are unwilling to accept reality.”
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Interesting." Yan Ji said: "According to various signs, this Mo Haotian is actively recruiting people from various noble clans who are dissatisfied with us, but he may not have expected that our raid would be so fast. Not only did he fail to gather the remaining forces from various places as he wished, but he also suffered heavy losses! But even so, we must not take this Mo Haotian lightly! I feel that this person is very dangerous and should be eliminated as soon as possible!"
Yang Peng nodded, looked at Yan Ji, and said, "You will be responsible for this matter!" "Yes!" Yan Ji promised with clasped fists.
Yang Peng asked: "Do you still need any help?" Yan Ji said: "No need at the moment. In fact, if there are no unexpected situations, 'Huaxu' should be able to solve the problem." Yang Peng nodded, thought for a while, and mentioned He wrote a letter with his pen, then picked up a small seal he had with him and stamped a vermilion seal on the signature of the letter. Putting down the seal, he picked up the letter and handed it to Yan Ji, "Take this." Yan Ji came forward, took it, looked at it, and showed surprise, "This is...?" Yang Peng said, "You can Use this letter to mobilize official forces from all over the world to assist you." Yan Ji folded the letter, put it into her belt, cupped her fists and said, "Thank you, King Yan!"
Yang Peng smiled and said, "I should thank you!" Then he thought of the dream he had just had, and couldn't help but worry, and asked Yan Ji, "Do you know where Miss Luo and Miss An are now?"
Yan Ji felt a little strange: "Why is King Yan so anxious? How long have they been separated for?" 'Thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel an unprecedented feeling in my heart, sour, as if I had drunk a lot of vinegar. Yan Ji was shocked and shook her head quickly.
Seeing Yan Ji shaking her head, Yang Peng thought she didn't know, and asked in confusion: "Why don't you know?" Today's 'Hua Xu' can be said to have penetrated into every aspect of Sichuan. Generally speaking, there should be no one without Hua Xu. Things to know.
Yan Ji came back to her senses and realized that Yang Peng had misunderstood, and said quickly: "No. Well, I know the whereabouts of those two ladies." Yang Peng saw that Yan Ji's expression and words were weird, I felt a little baffled. Only Yan Ji said: "According to the recent news, the two ladies should be in Langzhou at the moment." Langzhou is now Langzhong, Sichuan.
Yang Peng then asked: "Is there any problem?" Yan Ji thought he was asking about the migration refugees returning to their hometowns, and said: "Everywhere is following the instructions of King Yan in an orderly manner, and the refugees are all organized and organized. We returned to our hometown in sequence, and the government officials along the way had arranged resting places and food. Although the turnover of people was very alarming, there were no major problems! The two ladies really contributed a lot!"
Yang Peng said: "That's not what I'm asking about. I'm asking about whether Miss Luo and Miss An have encountered any danger?" Yan Ji was a little surprised and said: "The two ladies are protected by secret guards and local officials. How could the men and horses sent to protect them be in danger? Even if Mo Haotian and others made a desperate move, it would be difficult to hurt the two ladies. What's more, even if Mo Haotian and others tried to make a desperate move, they would definitely not attack the two ladies, because that would not be possible. Nothing good will come of it except venting your anger!"
Yang Peng felt that what she said made sense, but when he thought of the scene in his dream, he couldn't calm down. Thinking that Sichuan had been calmed down now, and there were no major issues to deal with, he wanted to rush to Langzhou to have a look. After having that nightmare, Yang Peng couldn't feel at ease unless he saw the two women safe and sound with his own eyes. Yang Peng raised his head, looked at Yan Ji, and said: "I have decided to go to Langzhou. Please prepare yourself and go with me." A burst of jealousy surged in Yan Ji's heart, she clenched her fists and agreed, then retreated.
Early the next morning, Yang Peng left Yu Qing, Zhan Jinguo and other generals in Chengdu, while he secretly left Chengdu with two hundred secret guards and one hundred Huaxu tribesmen led by Yan Ji, heading to Langzhou. Go. Langzhou is more than 300 miles northeast of Chengdu. This is a straight-line distance. However, the winding roads in Sichuan require more than 500 miles to get there. The group of people traveled day and night. That night, the group of people and their mounts were really exhausted. Yang Peng had no choice but to order to camp on the spot to rest for the night.
Hundreds of people were sleeping in the wilderness, surrounded by steep mountain peaks that jutted into the night sky. In the distance, there was a small river winding around the foot of the mountain, reflecting the moonlight, twinkling like a jade belt; a large village and town was located there. By the river at the foot of the mountain, smoke curled up from cooking pots, lights lit up, and the laughter of children and the mooing of cows were blown by the night wind.
Yang Peng sat on the hillside and looked at the village in the distance, but his thoughts had already flown to Langzhou, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and his expression looked a little anxious. Yan Ji came over with a large bowl of fragrant beef soup and a stack of wheat cakes that had just been cooked. Yang Peng couldn't help but laugh at himself: "It seems that I am not a wise and independent person!"
Yan Ji understood what Yang Peng meant, put the food in front of Yang Peng, and then sat down on the floor. Yang Peng picked up a wheat cake and started eating it. Yan Ji glanced at Yang Peng and couldn't help but ask, "Are you so worried about the safety of Miss Luo and Miss An just because of a nightmare?" Yang Peng glanced at her in surprise and asked, "How do you know that I Are you worried about them because of a dream?"
Yan Ji said: "I remember that night in the study, I saw you looking pale and very restless. At that time you said it was just a dream. But what kind of person is King Yan? Even if he is surrounded by thousands of troops, he will be regarded as the same. How could you be so upset because of a dream?! Later, you showed great concern for the safety of Miss Luo and Miss An, and decided to rush to Langzhou early the next morning. Various signs indicate that you did something related to Luo Miss and Miss An’s nightmare, that’s why they are so uneasy!”
Yang Peng chuckled and said half-jokingly: "It seems I didn't choose the wrong person when I asked you to be the leader of 'Hua Xu'!"
Yan Ji looked at Yang Peng with shining eyes and said: "The King of Yan is a great hero who stands tall and strong. His appearance remains unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai. But he is so worried about his woman because of an irrelevant dream. It is really unbelievable. !" Yang Peng looked at Yan Ji and said angrily: "Are you praising me or hurting me?" Yan Ji looked away, snorted and said, "Whatever you think!" Then she frowned. He frowned and said, "You care so much about your woman, I'm afraid it will become a weakness that can be exploited!"
Yang Peng pulled out the dagger, inserted a piece of beef into the bowl, took a bite, and said calmly: "If anyone dares to take advantage of my weakness, I will let him know what hell is like!"
Yan Ji's heart trembled, she looked at Yang Peng, and couldn't help but said: "Dragon has reverse scales, and anyone who touches them will die!" Yang Peng looked at Yan Ji and said, "Miss Yan, I think we should change our names. I Calling you Miss Yan and you calling me King Yan are too alienating. Why don't you call me Big Brother and I call you Xiao Ji?" Yan Ji was greatly annoyed and stood up in a hurry. Although she was wearing a black gauze scarf on her face, But he could still clearly feel that her whole face was red, and she shouted angrily: "It sounds so ugly, I don't want it!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
