Western Region.
The territory of Yiwu has been blocked by the army. No one is allowed to go to the territory of Gaochang. If they really come to kill the enemy, then they can set off directly from the north of Yiwu and go to the territory of Western Turks to kill the enemy.
People from the Central Plains who rushed to the Western Regions to inquire about news were all stopped in Yiwu City.
And they started all the way from Chang'an or Longxi, passed through Lanzhou City, Liangzhou, Suzhou, Shazhou, passed Yumen Pass and arrived at Yiwu. Compared with before, these places now really shocked them.
Throughout the Hexi Corridor, there were straight official roads, watered with unknown materials, as solid as a rock, and war horses and carriages walked on them, thousands of miles a day, at extremely fast speeds.
In the past, when they set out from Chang'an to the Western Regions, even if they had to travel day and night, they would never arrive if they didn't have ten days, but now it only takes five days to reach Yiwu easily.
The entire Hexi Corridor is lined with towns of various sizes. Each town has a workshop of considerable size that produces various materials, and there is an endless stream of caravans.
Canals were built outside the city, and huge waterwheels worked in the canals, diverting the river water to the newly cultivated fields.
And in the fertile fields, unknown crops are planted, and the growth is gratifying. Groups of people with shackles are still working in the fields. It is said that these people are former war criminals and are now undergoing labor reform. Those who perform well will be They became subjects of the Tang Dynasty and were assigned houses and fertile land.
On the grassland under the snow-capped mountains, the black and white colors cover the entire foot of the mountain. When I get closer, I realize that they are groups of cattle and sheep.
"Is this the desolate northwest?"
"What happened here? It has changed so fast and so drastically. When I came here the year before last, it was still deserted."
"Yes, I was here five years ago. There was just endless killing and war. The cavalry on the grassland would come here to rob the herdsmen's cattle and sheep, as well as the women and men in the city. child."
Countless spies from hidden families were immediately speechless.
In front of Yiwu City, the elder of the Ying family looked at the majestic Yiwu City and said nothing for a long time. He couldn't figure out how King Qin completed such a huge and magnificent project in one year.
Back then, their ancestor, the First Emperor, built straight roads, dug canals, repaired the Great Wall, built Epang Palace, and built the imperial mausoleum. It took the entire country, consumed the entire country, and used millions of coolies, and it took a long time.
Along the way, the projects they saw were less than 10% of those built by their ancestors, but they only took less than a year, and they did not use domestic labor, only prisoners of war.
There is no harm to the national strength, but the construction of these projects directly guarantees foreign wars.
"What a great King of Qin!"
"It's just that how could a person with such ability be captured alive by the Ashina family of Western Turks? Even if they have an army of 60,000 Sirius, this seems impossible!"
"The Tang Dynasty used 500,000 troops this time. How many people did the Western Turks have in total?"
"Elder of the clan, my subordinates feel that King Qin is cheating!"
"As we walked along the way, we didn't feel the atmosphere of approaching war at all. Instead, it was peaceful. Even if there were some people pulling things and running eastward, it didn't look like they were running away!"
The elder of the two clans nodded in agreement and said, "What does this young King of Qin really want to do?"
"Is he really missing? Then why did people stop us and prevent us from entering the war zone to investigate!"
After a while, a young man came over angrily: "Second clan elder, Li Jing is personally stationed in Yiwu City and won't let us pass. He said that he wanted to kill the enemy, so we should go to the Western Turks territory. The northern line is open. of."
"The subordinate asked about the eldest lady and said that he was very sorry. The eldest lady was taken away together with King Qin. According to their spies, the eldest lady had...the body was not recovered and was taken away by the wizards of the Ashina family. He left, saying that he wanted to sacrifice to their gods."
The face of the elder from the second clan was as gloomy as water, and he said in a cold voice: "Hmph, old thief Ashina, you are seeking death!"
"These foreign barbarians deserve to die. We should not have kept them in the first place. They should have been killed like Loulan!"
After a long time, the elders of the two clans calmed down and asked, "Where are our people? Are they all dead?"
The visitor shook his head and said dejectedly: "None of our people were found. Li Jing said that that time 60,000 Sirius soldiers raided Gaochang City, and all our people died in the battle to protect the young lady."
"Where's the body?"
"have no idea!"
"Go and inform Li Jing that I want to see him in person and ask him to get out of the city immediately..."
The young man's expression changed. I'm afraid this is not good!
There were more than a dozen female masters stationed at the gate of the city, as well as the heavy weapons, which were mind-numbing to look at.
But the elder of the second clan had already spoken, and it was hard for him to refute the clan elder's face.
Not long after, Li Jing appeared on the tower, looking at the more than 20 people in the distance with half-squinted eyes.
The general beside Li Jing said: "The person coming is the elder of the second clan of the Ying family. He is accompanied by all the top masters of the Ying family. The rest of the masters are still waiting at the inn outside the city."
"This time the winner sent more than 200 experts, and it is said that there are also people who came from Yunmengze."
Li Jing laughed loudly: "Yes, the winner can send more than two hundred people, which is beyond my expectation. There should be quite a few other families as well. This time, the Ashina family can drink a pot."
"It's just the elder of the second clan of the Ying family. Let me go down and see him. Does he have such a great reputation?"
"Tell Queen Loulan that the opportunity for revenge has come. It depends on whether they are willing to take revenge. The enemy is under the tower."
"Fill all the bed crossbows and big crossbows, load all the thunderbolts on all the trebuchets, and fill up the stone gate bronze cannons on the city tower with stone bullets, and prepare them for me."
"I want to see later, how big of a show can this damn old man from the second clan make?"
puff……
The general who was delivering the message couldn't hold it back anymore and burst out laughing. The general was getting rich and started to make troubles. He thought that when the Dadong Turks were in the East, they didn't have so many good things to spend on.
"You're laughing your ass off, go and shout to me, tell them to stop yelling!"
"Now is the time when the country is in crisis and the two countries are at war. Anyone who dares to show his teeth and block normal military operations will be a national traitor and will be killed without mercy!"
Damn it!
The old general is really getting stronger with age. When he was young, he never shouted such strong words.
"My subordinates will go and give the orders."
After his generals left, Li Jing stroked his beard and sighed: "With strength in hand, it feels good to do things!"
"I have never felt so happy in my life!"
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