At dawn, the morning light first appeared.
The sharp blade moved straight forward. The next moment, his throat was torn and blood spurted out.
Li Xuan squeezed the horse's belly hard and rushed forward. He had already rushed out from the end of the Tuyuhun cavalry.
Immediately afterwards, countless black-armored cavalry followed Li Xuan through the formation of the Tuyuhun cavalry.
Li Xuan rushed forward quickly, leaving countless corpses and blood behind him, but before his eyes, a huge city appeared in front of Li Xuan.
Delingha, the easternmost pearl of Qaidam Basin.
The city wall is towering, and countless Tuyuhun warriors stand on the city gate.
Li Xuan raised her left hand slightly upward. The next moment, thousands of war horses had stopped advancing.
A jade river blocks between Delingha and Li Xuan.
"This is the Bayin River. It flows down from the mountains in the north and goes straight to Tuosu Lake. We only need to bypass Tuosu Lake and then we can directly enter Delingha from the south." Ming Chongyan quickly caught up from behind. , briefly introduced the local situation to Li Xuan.
"There's no rush." Li Xuan calmly turned to look at Ming Chongyan and asked softly: "Master, don't you need to return to Dunhuang? It's not necessarily safe for the Prime Minister to stay in Dunhuang alone."
Ming Chongyan forced a smile and said: "When the news came back that the prince defeated 30,000 Tubo and Tyuhun cavalry in the Qilian Mountains, those people were even more afraid to act rashly."
"Some people want to take action, but they don't necessarily have to use any drastic measures. They just need to find a girl from the family and put it under the bed of His Highness the Prime Minister. Then it won't be long before the Prime Minister takes a concubine and gives birth to a child." Li Xuan looked at it. Xiang Ming Chongyan said with a faint look in his eyes: "I'm afraid the Dou family won't want to see the Prime Minister give birth to an eldest son before the wedding, and the Queen will not want it even more."
Although many children of princes and nobles could not help but lose their virginity before their wedding, it would definitely be a scandal once the eldest son of a concubine appeared before his aunt's mother's entrance.
Even if it can be suppressed, it must be a hidden danger to the family.
The marriage between Li Dan and the Dou family will take place in less than two months.
If the Dugu family gets into trouble at this time, and if the legitimate daughter is pregnant, it's possible that the Prime Minister's concubine will be replaced.
Although the Dugu family is in decline, when it comes to family status, it will never lose to the Dou family.
The first wife of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan was Empress Taimu Dou, but his mother was Dugu.
To a certain extent, Li Xuan has little relationship with the Dou family. On the contrary, he and the Dugu family have some blood ties.
The corners of Ming Chongyan's mouth twitched slightly. Although the Dugu family was in decline, there were definitely many Guanlong nobles surrounding him.
Ming Chongyan was able to appease the Dugu family this time. Apart from the fact that the Tubo people did not invade in large numbers, the key was that he made many promises to the Dugu family.
If the Dugu family really wants to do some tricks while he is away, it will definitely be Li Dan who suffers.
Ming Chongyan lowered his head slightly and said: "If you have it, then you have it. The Dugu family is also a wealthy family. If they really want to make trouble with the Dou family, they will lose their face."
"Huh?" Li Xuan's eyes suddenly widened, she looked at Ming Chongyan in disbelief, and asked in a low voice: "Master, isn't something okay?"
"The thing has happened, but there will be no child." Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan with a gloomy face and said: "The Dugu family will not say anything before Princess Dou enters the house. The prince knows so well that he will not What should we install in Dunhuang?"
Li Xuan's face was still full of disbelief. She looked at Ming Chongyan and slowly shook her head and said: "Sir, I'm just making random guesses... When the Tubo people can't make use of it, they just give away one or two women from the family. Trying to win over each other is a common tactic of the aristocratic family. If you are ruthless enough, you can send two legitimate daughters..."
Li Xuan suddenly stopped and looked at Ming Chongyan with wide eyes: "Master, you missed it!"
Someone sent the woman to Li Dan's bed under Ming Chongyan's nose.
"That's wrong." Li Xuan paused again, looked at Ming Chongyan and said, "Master, you didn't do it on purpose, right?"
The Dugu family sent the woman to Li Dan's bed. In this way, Li Dan and the Dugu family were completely bound together.
They just got married to the Dou family here, and they immediately win over the Dugu family over there. Ming Chongyan is really a good trick!
"Your Majesty, you thought wrong, Shi Yin is not that mean." Ming Chongyan took a deep breath, waved his hands, not wanting to talk about this matter anymore, turned around and looked at the ground behind him.
Half of the five hundred Xituyuhun soldiers were killed, and the remaining ones did not dare to stay any longer, turned around and ran towards the depths of the southwest grassland.
The terrain of Delingha is very special, with high snow-capped mountains to the north, desolate deserts to the west, hilly areas to the southeast, and flat, endless prairie to the south, extending to Golmud in the southwest.
This area is the real golden zone of the entire Qaidam Basin.
Ming Chongyan followed Li Xuan from Chaidan to Delingha.
Along the way, several groups of Xituyuhun's cavalry were directly defeated by Li Xuan. His right-guard cavalry did not even suffer much losses.
Following Li Xuan, Ming Chongyan could clearly see that with every charge, Li Xuan could accurately find the weakest point of the Tuyuhun cavalry and defeat it in one fell swoop.
The most important thing is that the Tuyuhun people did not understand the mystery here and thought that Li Xuan had the power of the devil. In addition to all the previous rumors, they were quickly defeated by Li Xuan, which only intensified the rumors.
Seeing Ming Chongyan's gaze, Li Xuan immediately understood what Ming Chongyan was thinking. His eyes flashed slightly, and then he said: "Master, I don't know if you have noticed. I am waiting in this area and have to be more adaptable." , the power can be exerted more, as if plateau miasma or something like that doesn’t exist here at all.”
"Huh?" Ming Chongyan suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xuan. He had already had a vague feeling before, but when Li Xuan said it clearly and directly, he was still extremely shocked.
Li Xuan followed up and said: "Master, if our country can occupy this area and enter the Western Region from this area, then the DPRK's control over the Western Region will be greatly enhanced."
Li Xuan looked at Ming Chongyan with bewilderment in her eyes and said: "At that time, all we need to do is to immigrate from Dunhuang and Shazhou, and the entire Qingxi Basin will be able to operate quickly, and we will have another Shangzhou land."
The land of Shangzhou.
These four words made Ming Chongyan's breathing suddenly become heavier.
After a moment of silence, Ming Chongyan looked up at Li Xuan, then looked at Delingha in the distance, and finally shook his head and said: "Forget it, Tuyuhun's restoration is a great strategy. Once Tuyuhun's restoration is successful, will they? The Tang Dynasty may be allowed to immigrate here."
Li Xuan also fell silent. Although he expressed his disgust for Tuyuhun more than once, even he knew in his heart that Tuyuhun's restoration of the country was inevitable.
This is related to Datang's reputation in the entire Western Region.
Once successful, although the income is not as big as that of Qaidam at the moment, the long-term income is absolutely terrifying.
"Okay, if we can't immigrate, then we will send the soldiers who have suffered from plateau miasma here to recuperate. The terrain here is much better than Shanzhou and Kuozhou." Li Xuan raised his eyes and looked at Ming Chongyan, and looked at Ming Chongyan tightly. Said: "Tuyuhun won't even agree to this, right?"
Ming Chongyan didn't answer Li Xuan directly. He just looked at him and shook his head, saying, "I really don't know where Tuyuhun offended the prince. Does the prince want to punish them to death?"
"There is no personal grudge, it's just for the Tang Dynasty." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he immediately turned the horse's head and headed southwest.
Ming Chongyan stood there, savoring Li Xuan's words "for the Tang Dynasty" carefully. He could feel the sincerity in Li Xuan's heart.
But having said that, Li Xuan is still likely to become Li Dan's opponent in future court battles.
Of course, it is not realistic to attack Li Xuan now. It would be bad if he is completely pushed to the prince's side.
Now, he still needs to be restricted.
Ming Chongyan raised his eyes and looked at Delingha City in the distance, seeming to be calculating something.
At this moment, the south gate of Delingha City suddenly opened.
Immediately afterwards, countless cavalry rushed out from Delingha City, rushing out like a torrent towards the southwest.
Ming Chongyan was stunned. He had no idea what was happening.
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Under the South City Gate, Li Xuan rode on a horse and entered the city slowly.
Turning sideways, Li Xuan looked at Ming Chongyan and said: "There are tens of thousands of Eastern Tuyuhun cavalry in the east, and countless cavalry are coming from the west. How can they still stay here... What's more, the Tuyuhun people themselves are not good at it. Defend the city, this city looks magnificent, but there are still many loopholes in it.”
Li Xuan turned around, looked at the wide grassland to the south and said softly: "The Tuyuhun people are better at fighting on the grassland than us. There are smart people!"
Giving up a city of little use in exchange for a vast grassland battlefield was a very cost-effective deal.
But such a decision cannot be made by just anyone.
Either Dayan Mangjiebo, or the Tubo general placed beside him by Lun Qinling.
There is no doubt that the next war will be even more tragic.
Under the south gate, hundreds of Tuyuhun cavalry were lying on both sides, their heads lowered, knocking on the ground, and chanting in a low voice the Sutra of the Coming of the Black-Clad Heavenly King.
Li Xuan turned sideways and said: "I'm passing on the order. No one is allowed to embarrass them. If there are any Xituyuhun cavalry who are willing to join the right guard, they will be accepted."
"Here!" Yan Tao immediately turned around and went to do it.
Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan with some confusion and said, "Does the prince really plan to plant some spies here?"
"No." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and then said: "What we have to face now are more than 5,000 Tubo cavalry and 20,000 West Tuyuhun cavalry, but we only have 10,000 East Tuyuhun cavalry and about 2,000 cavalry. Guard cavalry, a thousand right guard cavalry, a thousand right guard infantry, a thousand left guard infantry, and 6,000 Hangzhou soldiers who are coming, a total of 21,000 people, a big battle, barely We can win, but after that, I will have to fight against Xinghai, and after that, Wuhai."
"Is the prince thinking about the war in Tubo?" Ming Chongyan immediately understood what Li Xuan was thinking.
All the enemies in the entire Qingxi Basin in front of him were not really taken seriously by Li Xuan. What he really focused on was Wu Hai, and the entire Tubo after Wu Hai.
Now in this battle, the Tibetan cavalry used 80,000 people, but after several battles, the Tibetan cavalry still had a main force of 50,000 or 60,000.
It was still difficult for the Tang Dynasty to capture Wuhai, let alone Tubo.
A plateau miasma has already weakened their own strength by 30%.
If he really wanted to kill Wu Hai, the danger would be terrible.
Therefore, incorporating the Tuyuhun cavalry into the Tang army is what Li Xuan has been doing.
If you want to defeat Tubo, you can only rely on Tuyuhun soldiers.
As long as the Tuyuhun soldiers are wanted, not the Tuyuhun royal family, this is the real reason why Li Xuan has been targeting the Murong family.
Ming Chongyan finally understood now.
(End of chapter)
