To the west of Chang'an City, under the Jinguang Gate.
Li Xuan wore a silver armor and stood in front of the desk, carefully reading through the records of leaving the city. Jinwu guards were on alert all around.
Behind him, the city gate commander looked at Li Xuan nervously, as if he was afraid that Li Xuan would really find something from this.
At this time, on the other side, people entering from outside the city were not blocked at all, but those who wanted to leave were all stopped.
"You're a little nervous." Li Xuan's cold voice directly reached the ears of the city gate commander.
Although the city gate commander had a wry smile on his face, he immediately held up his hands and said, "Reporting to the prince, since the city gate opened today, I have been carefully checking everyone who entered and exited the Golden Light Gate, and there is no omission."
"Oh, really?" Li Xuan's voice rose slightly. He raised his head and looked at the city gate order with a slightly surprised look, and then asked: "Then I want to ask you, how many people were there after the city gate opened today?" The horseman enters and exits the Golden Light Gate.”
The city gate commander thought for a moment, then quickly raised his hands and said, "Reporting to the prince, from the beginning of the city gate to now, there are a total of thirty-four rows and a total of fifty-two people riding in and out of the Golden Light Gate."
"So how many lines are there in the team of more than two people, and where did they go?" Li Xuan's questions were uninterrupted and very direct.
The city gate commander didn't know why, but at this moment, his heart suddenly tightened.
After listening to Li Xuan's question, the city gate commander thought for a while and said cautiously: "There are about nine groups of people in total. These people include Qianniu Guards, Jinwu Guards, and the messengers from the Ministry of War, and all the disciples who are out for an outing. There are also four caravans."
Li Xuan immediately turned to look at Qin Jun and said in a deep voice: "Go and check immediately."
"Here!" Qin Jun immediately turned around and led his people towards the city. He already roughly understood what Li Xuan's idea was for investigating the case.
Li Xuan turned around, looked at Cui Ding solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send the information about the nine teams just now to the nearby prefectures, counties, villages and towns, verify the location of everyone immediately, and the caravan will be detained immediately. Order them to return to the city, the Jinwu Guard, the Qianniu Guard, the messengers from the Ministry of War, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and order them to immediately send their information back for verification. Anyone who refuses to comply will be arrested immediately, and those who resist will be killed!"
"Follow the order!" Cui Ding immediately became excited and turned around to make arrangements.
Since the King of Nanchang said so, Cui Ding also felt that those people must be among those nine teams.
As long as you find someone here, you can immediately perform meritorious service again.
"Did the king focus on those horses?" The city gate commander suddenly replied with a vague understanding.
Li Xuan turned around sharply and stared at the city gate order in great surprise: "Your Majesty, you thought of something."
The city gate commander was hesitant and said with some uncertainty: "There was a group of Jinwu Guards who went out of the city before, and they took the tokens of the Right Jinwu Guards, but the horses they rode seemed to be horses from the Ministry of War?"
"Where have you gone?" Li Xuan's eyes lit up, and she took a step forward with piercing eyes.
The city gate commander thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be going to Zhongnan Mountain."
"Cui Ding! Mount your horse immediately!" Li Xuan waved to Cui Ding who was delivering the order in the distance. At the same time, he looked at the city gate order and said, "When Captain Qin comes back, immediately ask him to come after the horse's hooves."
"Here!" The city gate order immediately accepted.
Seeing that Cui Ding had returned, Li Xuan immediately got on his horse and said to the city gate order: "What is your name? If you can find the fugitive, I will remember you as the first meritorious service."
"Xiaguan City Gate Commander Shi Wangxing." Before Wang Xing could finish his words, there was a loud sound from the hoofs of the horses in front.
Seeing Li Xuan and his party rushing out of the city gate, Wang Xing felt both excited and uneasy in his heart.
If he can really win the first victory, then he can take a big step forward.
The loud sound of horse hooves shattered the tranquility of the stream, and snowflakes stood up.
A whole team of Jinwu cavalry followed Li Xuan, rushed across the stream, and rushed towards Qingzhou.
This is not the way to Zhongnan Mountain at all.
Li Xuan didn't believe that the Turks would detour through Zhongnan Mountain. With the temperament of the Turks, they wanted to fly back to the grassland immediately.
, how is it possible to take a detour?
So after Li Xuan left Chang'an, he quickly ran towards Qingzhou in the north without any hesitation.
The soldiers of the Jinwu Guards behind him had no doubts at all.
These people were all the Jinwu Guardsmen who fought with Li Xuan in Yunshao Academy. Last time they followed Li Xuan to destroy Yunshao Academy. Those who received the money received the money and those who recorded the merits. Now they are following Li Xuan again. Naturally, they will not A little hesitation.
The people of Qianniuwei have set the best example for them. They have never suffered a loss by following the King of Nanchang.
A homing pigeon flew rapidly down from the sky and finally landed on Li Xuan's shoulder.
Li Xuan tapped his fingers, and a small note was unfolded in front of his eyes.
Immediately, Li Xuan's voice rang in the ears of the Jinwu Guards who were running fast: "It has been confirmed that except for the Jinwu Guards, information from other groups has returned to Chang'an. There is a total of thirteen Jinwu Guards. Since their departure, After arriving in Chang'an, there was no information to report back, but there was a group of thirteen military commanders who went straight to Huachi County along Gouyi and Zhengning."
Hearing Li Xuan's voice, everyone present beamed with joy.
Although the Turks were smart enough to change their clothes as soon as they left Chang'an City, they could not change their horses.
Some of them were caught.
Goui, Jeongnyeong, and Hwachi are all in Gyeongju.
At the foot of the Qinling Mountains, there are undulating hills and the horses are not very fast. It is very possible for them to intercept those people.
"After arriving at Ning County, change horses immediately and turn eastward. I will stop them completely at Heshui." Li Xuan's voice was extremely firm and cold.
All the Jinwu Guards in the group agreed in a muffled voice, and with even faster sound of horse hooves, they rushed towards Ningxian County.
Above their heads, a goshawk had already flown in the direction of Heshui.
It is not easy to find a group of people in the endless hills and dense forests. However, this group of people is traveling north at a very fast speed, rushing out of the hills from time to time, and then disappearing into the jungle further away. In the eyes of the high-altitude goshawk, Inside, it looks very eye-catching.
The horse is still the horse of the Ministry of War, but the knight on the horse has changed into the costume of a right Senniu guard.
Logically speaking, if this group of people took the right path, no one should dare to stop them, but they chose to take this small path.
It was safe, but the speed was also slowed down. However, the group of people didn't care at all and continued to move forward steadily.
Ahead, a long river suddenly blocked their way, and the group immediately dismounted to rest.
The horses drank water and ate grass, while the knights drank the wine from the wine bag, chewed the beef jerky they carried with them, and lay on the ground to rest quickly and recover their strength.
At the front of the crowd, an unshaven old man in his fifties, dressed in black brocade clothes, with a high nose and deep eyes, looked around sharply.
The woman on the side quickly handed over the wine bag, and the old man drank several sips.
After looking at the horses that had finished drinking water, he shouted in a low voice: "Let's go and cross the river."
A few hundred meters above the creek, there is a wooden bridge for passage.
The group of people headed towards the bridge upstream very neatly, as if they were extremely familiar with the road.
Soon, they passed through hills and rivers, and finally arrived at the south bank of Gu River at dusk.
At dusk, the light and shadow are like swords.
In the dense forest, a clear voice sounded: "Ada, those people from the court should not be able to catch up with us now, right?"
"Duo'er, don't underestimate anyone, especially Ming Chongyan. After last night's defeat, he will definitely become even more crazy. Therefore, we are not truly safe until we reach the Wuding River." Ashina Gana Sit under the shade of a tree.
Now this is the Gu River, which is still far away from the Wuding River.
"I don't know what's going on with Yun'er." After a slight pause, Ashinaduo looked at his father and asked, "Ada, do we really want to go to war with the Tang Dynasty?"
"It's not that we want to go to war with the Tang Dynasty, but that the Tang Dynasty
He won't let us go. Ashina Gana coughed slightly, and then said: "Actually, as long as the Khanate is rebuilt, the Tang Dynasty will definitely not let us go, and will definitely come to kill us. When the time comes, we will wait for the hard work, and the winner will definitely be us."
Ashina Gana clenched his fists and looked determined, but with a single word, the bloody storm of the next few years was clearly revealed in front of others.
Ashinaduo was still a little uneasy, and then added: "Ada, let's start with Tubo, shall we?"
"No, let Tubo move first and let them fight the Tang Dynasty first. As long as Tubo is not destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in this battle, then we will have a chance to defeat the Tang Dynasty." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Ashina Gana's eyes Spicy, Tubo wants to take advantage of the Turks, why don't the Turks take advantage of Tubo.
The grandson of Jieli Khan finally showed a heroic attitude after leaving Chang'an.
Seeing Ashina Gana's confident look, Ashina Duo felt increasingly uneasy.
When he was in Chang'an, he didn't feel anything bad, but now that he left Chang'an, and suddenly thought of going against the powerful Tang Dynasty, Ashinaduo felt uneasy in his heart for no reason.
"Let's go, we are going back to the grassland." Ashina Gana stood up slowly. At this moment, an eagle cry suddenly came from high in the sky, then fell, and then landed directly on Ashina. On Nagana's shoulders.
"Here it comes." Ashina Gana's eyes flashed with joy, and immediately, he took a piece of paper off the goshawk's leg.
After just one glance, Jana handed the note to his daughter Ashina Yun and said proudly: "Your cousin and the others have already reached the other side."
"They are really here." Ashina Yun's eyes showed a trace of horror.
A few months ago, people from the grassland tribe visited Ashina Gana, and the two sides had some exchanges about today's events.
The grassland tribes are extremely eager to reestablish the Turkic Khanate, and they are extremely looking forward to the descendants of Jieli Khan returning to lead them again.
The attitude of the grassland tribe was the real reason why the Ashina clan defected to the Tang Dynasty.
Without the support of the grassland tribes, who would give up the glory and wealth of Chang'an just because of the Tubo people's promise.
But the ambition to unify the Khanate and devour the Central Plains made every Turkic person unable to help but move around.
"That man actually sent the letter to the grassland." A blush suddenly appeared on Ashinayun's face.
Although they had communicated with the grassland tribes, the date of defection had only been determined not long ago. It was impossible to be sure whether the grassland tribes would be able to arrive in time, but now they are here.
On the other side, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and the familiar felt hat and scimitar appeared on the other side.
This place is only more than two hundred miles away from Chang'an.
At this moment, high in the sky above our heads, a strange goshawk was gently circling.
Keep everything in sight.
