On the east bank of the Zaqu River, half of the city was ablaze.
The mansions of Supi nobles and wealthy families were burning crazily, with raging flames mixed with sounds of fighting and wailing.
Li Xuan rode on a horse and walked calmly through the long street.
Thousands of right-guard soldiers carried out boxes one by one from the mansions, and then put them into the Tibetan merchant ships on the dock.
Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the Subi Palace in the northeast with a sneer on her lips.
Poor guy, I'm afraid he's still waiting for him to attack the Subi Palace.
He never thought that Li Xuan's target was not at all the trap-laden Subi Palace, but on these big Subi people.
Half of the gold mined from the Supi gold mine was sent to Luoxe, but half fell into the hands of local noble officials.
Li Xuan didn't need to rush to Subi Palace at all, he could directly grab the gold he needed to deliver.
"Hurry up. After a while, Lun Qinling should react. Grab the things and send them to the ship immediately. We must leave Qamdo before dawn." Li Xuan turned to Zhou Qian and told him, and Zhou Qian immediately accepted the order.
After Zhou Qian left, Li Mo walked out from one side, cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty."
"After the right guards leave, disperse our people into the homes of these nobles who were affected by the disaster. When we come next time, I hope everything will go smoother." Li Xuan looked at the Qamdo City on both sides of Zhaqu with a hint of joy in his eyes. Showing a strong possessiveness.
Qamdo, to be precise, is a huge valley.
The northeast, north, west, and southwest are all hills and snow-capped mountains, except for the south and southeast, and the east is a huge open valley.
The air is warm and the rainfall is abundant. If the terrain here were not so high, it would be called a small land of abundance.
As long as Li Xuan can win Qamdo, he will have full confidence in winning Luocheng.
Even if he spends a long time with the Tubo people, he can still get over it.
…
After a while, all the soldiers returned, and someone seemed to be chasing them from the direction of the palace.
Li Xuan, Zhou Qian, Su Baotong, and Li Mo stood beside four ordinary Tibetan merchant ships.
Li Xuan looked at Zhou Qian and said, "Take a team of people and send the gold back to Chang'an through Jiannan Road. Be careful all the way. If someone makes trouble for you in the territory, you can kill it first and report later in the name of my king." The power of everything is gold."
"Here!" Zhou Qian immediately raised his hands and looked solemn.
Li Xuan waved her hand, and Zhou Qian immediately led a group of people onto the boat, and then blended into the local people fleeing by boat.
Li Xuan looked towards the Angqu River to the west, looked at Su Baotong, and said with a smile: "Let's go, the war horses have been snatched, now take this 'gold' and let's go back to Maduo."
"Here!" Su Baotong immediately handed over his hands, then got on his horse.
Everyone headed northwest together.
They are not very fast.
Because the dragon boat following behind was not very fast.
…
The sky is brightening, on the east bank of the Zaqu River.
Lun Qinling's livid-faced horseman passed by these mansions that had just extinguished the flames, and every one of them had miserable wails on their faces.
The middle-aged general came from the north, stopped in front of the Lunqin Mausoleum on horseback, raised his hands and said: "Prime Minister, the King of Nanchang led his men, used the stolen war horses, and dragged the five thousand kilograms of gold into the Angang Palace. Quhe, our two thousand-man troops have already gone after them."
"Yeah!" Lun Qinling nodded slightly, his eyes were a little distracted, as if he was thinking about something.
Suddenly, Lun Qinling's eyes shrank and he said hastily: "No, tell our people to be careful.
Five thousand kilograms of gold, for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, it was enough for each person to carry five kilograms on his body. There was no need to drag it with boats. Those boats were traps. "
At this moment, a war horse came crazily from the north and rushed to the Lun Qin Mausoleum. The soldier above said with an ugly expression, "Prime Minister..."
"Don't talk about it first." Lun Qinling directly interrupted the visitor. He sneered softly and said: "The King of Nanchang first led his people to escape on horseback, but left the boat behind, and our people went to grab the boat. At that time, while looking for the gold inside, the boat leaked, and then he came back to fight."
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, it's not that the boat leaked, but that it caught fire. We don't have much water left." The soldier smiled bitterly.
It didn't matter that the dragon boat caught fire. Who would have thought that Li Xuan actually killed another carbine.
The Tibetan pursuers were immediately killed and turned upside down.
Lun Qinling was speechless for a while. He did not expect that he would suffer another big loss at the hands of Li Xuan.
"Send the order, the tribes should not pursue too fast, coordinate with each other, and be careful not to be killed by the King of Nanchang again." Lun Qinling waved his hand, and his men immediately sent the order.
Rong Qin, the Qamdo guard on the side, asked cautiously: "Prime Minister, aren't you going to chase me?"
"Don't worry, let's deal with the mess in front of you first." Lun Qinling's face turned cold and solemn.
Looking at the ashes of the mansions in front of him, Lun Qinling said expressionlessly: "The order was sent to say that tens of thousands of kilograms of gold were lost in the homes of Qamdo nobles... These Qamdo nobles secretly hid gold from official mines. They have violated the law and will be punished." Capture half of them and send them to prison, and then release them when their families pay for their redemption."
"Yes!" Rong Qin looked solemn and couldn't help but feel excited.
They were obviously robbed of only five thousand kilograms of gold, but word spread that it was as much as ten thousand kilograms.
As long as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was slightly suspicious, he would immediately think that the King of Nanchang himself had hidden five thousand kilograms of gold.
The benefits don't stop there.
If the family mansion is burned down, it is inevitable that these big families will make a fuss.
But if the charges are pinned on them in advance, these people will be less likely to make trouble.
It won't take long for the entire Qamdo to return to peace.
"Come here, gather two thousand cavalry and follow the truth to chase and kill..." Before Lun Qinling finished speaking, a group of cavalry rushed over crazily on the west bank of the Zaqu River.
Soon, a piece of paper fell into Lun Qinling's hands.
"According to the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty: establish Queen Subi, implement the Tang system, abolish all Tubo exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, abolish slavery, and learn to use Chinese..."
"Zila." Lun Qinling angrily tore the paper in his hand to pieces, gritted his teeth and said, "Send the order to collect all the papers immediately, but anyone who circulates them will be beheaded immediately."
"Here!"
"Immediately issue an official document and offer a reward for the traitors. If the King of Nanchang can enter Qamdo, he must have enough traitors." Lun Qinling's eyes fell on the large densely packed low houses in front of the Zaqu River.
The people who lived there were all servants and slaves from the lowest level in Supi.
Now that such a notice is issued, it will probably not take long for it to spread throughout the city.
As long as the Tang army comes to kill again in the future, these slaves will immediately become time bombs.
Lun Qinling's face was extremely ugly. He turned to look at Qamdo guard Rongqin and said coldly: "You stay to deal with these matters. I will go after the King of Nanchang immediately. This time he will not even think about running away."
"Prime Minister, what should we do on the front line?" Rong Qin asked quickly.
You know, at this time, in addition to Li Xuan, Datang also has two groups of troops attacking the two gold mines in Tubo.
Lun Qinling's footsteps paused.
At this time, there is no doubt that once he mobilizes his army to hunt down the King of Nanchang, the other two places will inevitably relax.
If he only took a small number of people to hunt down the King of Nanchang, there is no doubt that the two gold mines would inevitably miss.
The King of Nanchang and Wang Xiaojie are both masters of marching. If they don't have tens of thousands of people, you can't catch them at all.
Not to mention, there is Qiu Zhenmu.
Lun Qinling originally paid enough attention to Li Xuan, but now that he was killed by Li Xuan, his original plan immediately had a loophole.
Not to mention, there are these things in front of you.
I can't care about anything else now, I just hope to catch up with Li Xuan.
The Angqu River flows westward along the Tanggula Mountains.
What is this guy thinking about?
…
After a day and night of pursuit, Lun Qinling finally reached Tanggula Station at the foot of Tanggula Mountain Pass.
There were several fights in the middle, and the Tang army who originally thought they had the gold had no intention of fighting. Who would have thought, under the leadership of Li Xuan, these Tang soldiers fought back like hungry wolves.
Even Lun Qinling was a little overwhelmed for a while.
But fortunately, they were forced to the foot of Tanggula Mountain. However, looking at Tanggula Station caught in the fierce fire, Lun Qinling's face was terrible and ugly.
On the Tuotuo River in the distance, a huge warship slowly moved towards the Tongtian River.
Such a warship would normally not be able to sail here, but this year there has been a lot of rain.
Even the snow on the mountains is melting much faster than usual.
This caused the water level to rise and gave Li Xuan an opportunity to take advantage of it.
"Let's go! Go to Tongtian River!" Lun Qinling turned his horses around without hesitation and headed towards Qamdo again.
Although he knew that Li Xuan had already prepared countless killers on the bank of Tongtian River, this time, he had to go to Qinling.
If he was teased by Li Xuan like this every time, he would not have to be the Prime Minister of Tubo.
…
The river breeze is strong.
Li Xuan stood at the stern of the boat, looking at Tanggula Mountain in the distance with a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty, are we going to abandon Tanggula Mountain Pass like this?" Su Baotong's surprised voice sounded behind Li Xuan. He asked with some confusion: "Didn't the DPRK ask us to occupy Tanggula Mountain this year and wait for next year?"
"You said it yourself, it's still early to capture Tanggula Mountain this year." Li Xuan smiled softly and said: "Not to mention, even this battle is not over yet. We still have time to fight back. to here."
"That's it." Su Baotong suddenly understood.
Li Xuan took a deep breath and said: "I order everyone to rest and sleep from now on. When we return to Tongtian River, there is still a battle waiting for us over there. If we fight this battle well, maybe we We will be able to establish a complete foothold on the south bank of the Tongtian River."
"Yes!" Su Baotong immediately handed over his hands and left.
Only Li Xuan and a group of guards were left on the deck.
The fresh air came into his breath, and Li Xuan suddenly woke up.
After this battle, the rhythm of the war between Tang Dynasty and Tubo was completely under his control.
What he needs to think about now is when is it more in his interest to take down the logic.
The struggle between the DPRK and China became more and more fierce, and even he didn't know when Li Xian would be deposed.
Now that there are Turks and demonic sects mixed in here, the future situation of the Tang Dynasty may not be much better.
Li Xuan suddenly looked to the northwest and said softly: "I'm afraid County Duke Wenxi's war in the Western Region is about to end, so what's next?"
Pei Xingjian, Pei Yan, these brothers...
(End of chapter)
