"According to rumors, Li Siyuan was said to be of the Tian family's blood, and was granted the title of Prince of Lingwu County by the Emperor. He was responsible for regaining Beiting on behalf of the Emperor, conquering the Western Regions and rebuilding the Anxi Protectorate—"
"Hehe, he would actually give himself gold. A holy man, a divine warrior, he is worthy of having relatives? A few years ago, their family's surname Li was banned... That's all, it's just a wishful thinking. People from Jinyiwei infiltrated. No?"
"With Qianhu Jingxinmo and Sanqianyuan personally leading the team, the Jinyiwei spies have been able to penetrate deep into the two states of Guasha."
"That easy?"
"How could Tongbunkan's manpower be their opponent? The details have been found out a long time ago. When the two Qianhu led people to kill them, they didn't have time to react..."
"How are the two states of Gua and Sha now?"
"According to the news, Li Siyuan has led the main force west to Beiting. The defenders along the route are all empty."
"Beiting..."
Wang Yanzhang gently stroked his riding whip and looked into the distance with squinted eyes.
The staff beside him were also silent, watching the endless Tang army in front of them.
After the army left the border and stepped outside the fortress, they could only see yellow sand.
There are occasionally a few large oases. After driving over, the original herders have either migrated, or there are only some dying old and young people left.
According to the information they left behind, since last year, Li Siyuan has begun to recruit all herdsmen, whether they are Han, Tubo or Uighur people, to build cities and live in them uniformly, to regulate their grazing, and so on.
This thief has a big plan.
The Western Expedition army was divided into two groups, one group was led by Wang Yanzhang and the other group was led by Liu Zhijun.
When Li Siyuan fled westward, he broke through the latter's defense line.
Liu Zhijun issued a military order to the emperor to personally cut off Li Siyuan's head and present it to the emperor.
Wang Yanzhang retracted his thoughts. He held the horse's belly and led the generals and staff around him to move forward.
"Li Siyuan led his troops to Beiting, but because he learned that Wang Shi was coming?"
"Of course not. All the way there, the news was tightly blocked by the Jin Yiwei. The document that was supposed to announce the people was only posted in the past two days. There is no reason for them to know it so early."
Wang Yanzhang frowned and kept thinking in his mind. Finally, he seemed to have figured it out and punched hard.
"Li Siyuan, attacking Beiting is a lie, but continuing to escape to the west is true!"
He looked back at the stunned staff and gave an urgent order.
"Hurry up and ask the Jin Yiwei people to tell Marshal Liu not to leave Li Siyuan!"
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Luoyang.
It’s another winter snow solstice.
The Holy Emperor had a new princess last year. It is said that Long Yan was so happy that he authorized the whole city to hold a lantern festival from the first day of the new year to the Lantern Festival, day and night.
I don’t know whether the people are happy or not, but the merchants from all walks of life are happy anyway. Pedestrians traveling from south to north, who doesn’t want to visit the capital and take a look at the capital of the Tang Dynasty?
Over the years, Guanzhong's population has expanded dramatically, and even the abandoned capital of Chang'an seems to have returned to its former prosperity.
Luoyi, the capital of the country, has tribute roads from all directions in the world. It is bordered by the Yellow River in the north and Luoshui in the south. It should be the center of the world. As the largest city in the world, its population has already reached one million.
How come the current Luoyang City Gate sees tens of thousands of people every day? Just the city patrolling army to maintain order has increased by several battalions.
The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was built on the support of the people all over the world.
Compared with the situation when Li Jing ascended the throne, there has been significant economic recovery in various places today. After several waves of imperial relief, allocations for infrastructure, and vigorous support for agriculture and trade, the people's livelihood in Datang has been significantly improved. There are big changes.
In addition, taxes have been exempted in various places in the past few years, and people have surplus food and land in their homes. After the productivity has been greatly improved, the ability to support the court will only be much greater.
To this day, there are still many people coming from all over the imperial city of Luoyang, asking to have a glimpse of the emperor.
of the Holy Face.
It doesn't matter if they can't be seen, it doesn't stop them from praising the emperor's benevolence and praising the emperor's civil and military skills outside the imperial city.
In fact, there is a reason why they cannot see the emperor.
The emperor is not in the imperial city...
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Somewhere in Fengxiang, in a breakfast shop in the city, there was a young man in his mid-twenties, wearing an ordinary cotton-padded jacket, immersed in eating soup cakes.
Next to them, there were three women with languid expressions, but there was a hint of smile in their beautiful eyes, and they turned their heads to look at him.
Oh no, one of the girls in her twenties, wearing Miao clothing, was also eating breakfast, but it was meatball soup with meatballs.
Looking at it from another angle, it was the two women watching the two of them eating like a competition.
Regular customers who had shopped earlier would come here, only to find that the shop, which had not had many customers in the past, could be described as overcrowded with diners today.
After finally squeezing in, he suddenly understood.
Three beauties gathered together in a breakfast shop!
Tsk tsk tsk——
Everyone's hatred for the young man was like a raging fire, and they were so jealous that they were itching their teeth.
One beauty is enough, but there are still three!
Not to mention the Miao girl, not only has a cute and cute face, but she also has a great figure.
The gentle woman in the middle has the best temperament and appearance. Just sitting there, she has an aura of grace and luxury that makes people dare not look at her for a long time.
In addition, the cold-looking girl in the blue shirt has an outstanding temperament and a long sword leaning on her side. She looks like a chivalrous and tender female knight——
In this world, beauties are all raped by the same prodigal!
The young man finally finished the soup cakes in the bowl, and he even drank the clear soup with satisfaction.
He looked back at the busy shop owner and said with a smile:
"The store's craftsmanship is good, but it still has the same taste after all these years, which makes people nostalgic - why don't you think of making it bigger?"
There are three stunning beauties accompanying them. They are not from rich families but also from official families. The boss is not a fool. Even though he is busy, he still manages to find the time to smile politely:
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He also talked about how the Japanese country could become strong and powerful, and how it wanted to become friends and neighbors with the Tang Dynasty, etc..."
Some people thought he was verbose and interrupted: "After the saint heard about it, he naturally didn't care about the barbarians' actions and just expelled them. I don't know what the confidence of the Japanese people was. Not only did they refuse to leave, they also dared to provoke them. I am the King of the Tang Dynasty. The saint was furious at this and ordered the capital of Liaodong to send hundreds of warships to the sea. In less than three months, they destroyed their country."
"I heard that the Japanese royal family wanted to beg for peace at first, but our Tang Dynasty king was too fast. Before their begging documents were sent to the Tang Dynasty, their capital was destroyed, and the royal family members were also kidnapped and sent to Luoyang. , should be put to death..."
The surrounding guests burst into laughter.
The young man listened quietly and just chuckled: "After talking so much, you still haven't explained what these beautiful maids from the Western Regions and the Japanese country are like."
The guest who spoke at the beginning pointed his finger not far away without being surprised.
"No, that's right over there..."
The young man and the three women beside him all turned their heads and looked.
I saw that not far from the market entrance, a high platform had been built. As the flow of people increased, the sound of drums began to sound.
Then, more than ten beautiful girls were pushed out from behind the scenes and began to dance to the drums, which was very eye-catching.
There were guests watching with envy while introducing the food.
"Those women are the girls of the Western Region. According to rumors, there are many princesses from small countries in the Western Region. They are all beautiful. However, there are so many that you can buy one for a thousand dollars."
"Those from the Japanese country have to come by sea, and they have to stop in Luoyang, Bianzhou, Youzhou and other places first. Those who stay here are much rarer, and the price is about 10,000 yuan..."
The young man looked serious.
The three women next to him looked at him but remained silent.
The national power of the Tang Dynasty has now reached its peak. The extermination of the Japanese pirates from the island country in the east was just a minor incident, and it did not even cause much of a stir in the government.
The main external target now is to gather in the Western Region.
With continued westward expansion, more and more war accessories were produced.
In addition to the vast land and endless wealth, more accessories are the people who have become homeless, and the young and strong among them will become slaves for the Tang people to drive.
And those beautiful women, as they saw them, would be chosen like goods on the stage, and finally purchased at a low price.
Unknowingly, an invisible slave trade began to arise in the Tang Dynasty.
Gein, the Tang Dynasty is too powerful——
The young man's expression was not as cheerful as it was at first, but became silent.
The surrounding guests didn't take it seriously and were still laughing and joking.
Finally, the young man put down the silver ingot on the table and left the place quietly with the three girls.
