Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 153 Chapter 157: Lin Xizhou

Han Jin was trembling all over Li Hao's words, and wanted to argue with him, but found that he was speechless. Indeed, the things they Gaochang have done these years are very immoral, but they I have always demanded Datang with high moral standards. Such double standards can only be thought about in my heart, and I have no face to say it.

Li Hao saw that he had not spoken for a long time, and he was impatient to spend any more time with him, so he waved his hand and said, "Feiying, chop off all his fingers, remember, chop off one by one, it will hurt enough."

When Han Jin heard the words, he almost collapsed. When he saw Feiying dangling in front of him with a Tang saber, he hurriedly shouted: "Gaochang has a population of 850 and a force of 730!" [-] eight people, [-] cavalry, the total strength is unknown, slightly exaggerated in the text)
"Hey, the population is accurate to single digits, and the military strength is [-]." Li Hao sneered disdainfully, "Who gave you the courage to cut flesh on Datang, Western Turks?"

Han Jin was even more terrified when he heard the words, because Li Hao actually pointed out that the Western Turks were their backstage. How can there be any eternal friendship, everything depends on the interests.

Although the Tang Dynasty was powerful and adjacent to Gaochang, it was always separated from Gaochang by the vast desert. In recent years, the Western Turks have grown stronger and stronger, conquering most countries in the Western Regions, and they have the tendency to catch up with the Eastern Turks. The Western Turks threatened by force Gaochang took refuge, Gaochang was also helpless, and had no choice but to succumb, and then the two worked together to cut off the Silk Road, suck the blood of Datang to strengthen themselves, and lived a happy life without shame.

However, although Gaochang has made a lot of money in recent years, its national strength has not increased. Why, because of the poor geographical location, it is located in a desert, lacks resources, cannot cultivate, and has a small population. A country with a population of less than [-] is ashamed to say it .

"You... know everything?" Han Jin's face was a little weird, and he began to wonder if there was a mole inside Gaochang.

Seeing his suspicious look, Li Hao guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't doubt, you still have 500 people who surrounded us from West Road, why haven't they come yet?" Eyebrow, I smiled a little wickedly.

"Zhang Gao! Is he a traitor?" Han Jin cried out in shock.

Li Hao nodded with a smile: "That's right, Zhang Gao has long surrendered to my Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty Tian Khan promised him a big reward. He has confessed everything. Now I want to test whether you are honest. I will continue to ask you, Why are you sneaking up on us? Answer well, if you are not honest, be careful that you will not have chopsticks with your fingers in the future."

When Han Jin thought that Zhang Gao was a traitor, he was angry and desperate. Since Li Hao already knew everything, in order to avoid being humiliated, he could only grit his teeth and say angrily: "Chang'an Feige sent a secret report saying that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty treated me well." Gaochang was dissatisfied, so he sent the new governor of Tingzhou to take hundreds of thousands of salary to Tingzhou to take up his post. He recruited troops there to practice, and when the time is right, he will attack Gaochang. Killing, I didn’t expect the result to fall short.”

"Hundreds of thousands of salary?" Li Hao's eyebrows danced when he heard the words, "You actually believe such nonsense?"

Han Jin said: "It's about the rise and fall of the country, we have to believe it."

"You actually have spies in Chang'an." Li Hao paced slowly, frowning and pondering, "It seems that other countries also have spies in Chang'an, but there is no reason for Gaochang spies to come out of nothing to harm me. Although there are occasional offenses in Chang'an, there are not many who want to kill me. Kong Yingda has always looked at me with displeasure, but that rotten scholar is not capable of manipulating Gaochang's secret agent, Du He...forget it, he is a waste, Li Tai ... This man has a lot of talent and learning, and is good at dancing and writing. This matter doesn't look like him. The most likely person is Li Chengqian. ..."

Li Hao raised his head and sighed, his heart was a little confused. He had to admit that Li Chengqian was somewhat similar to himself. To achieve his goal, he used all means, but it was a bit too cruel. Since he intended to put himself to death, then He also strengthened his determination to fight against him. Before, he felt a little bit ashamed for causing Li Chengqian to become a cripple, but now he has no psychological burden at all.

Just when Li Hao sighed, Han Jin asked: "I have already said what I should say, when will I be released?"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Let you go? Let you go back and tell Ju Wentai? Said that I killed [-] of your cavalry? Everyone is an adult, can you not be so childish?"

"You...you didn't believe what you said!" Han Jin shouted angrily when he heard the words.

Li Hao's expression was hobgoblin: "I never said that I am a person who promises everything."

Han Jin stared and cursed: "You Tang people are too insidious and cunning, Tang people are all bad guys!"

"Don't say that." Li Haoyu said earnestly, "People in Tang Dynasty are all good people. People in Tang Dynasty value propriety, integrity, shame, benevolence, righteousness and morality, and they are full of integrity. I am the only one who is bad. The kind, who told you that you are unlucky, but you just met me, the only bad guy."

Han Jin was dumbfounded when he heard the words. It was the first time he saw such a shameless person talking about himself so embarrassingly, he robbed him of all the words, what else could he say.

Li Hao suddenly withdrew his smile, showing a gloomy face, and said slowly: "Take him out, and kill all the captives."

"What!" Han Jin was shocked when he heard the words. He originally thought that even if Li Hao refused to release him, he would at most continue to capture him. He didn't expect that he would be so ruthless that he wanted to kill all the prisoners. He struggled and shouted, "You How can you do this, how can you kill prisoners indiscriminately!"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and gave him a sideways look, and asked coldly, "When the merchants of my Datang caravan knelt down in front of you and begged for mercy, did you ever think about letting them live?"

Han Jin was shocked, his mouth opened and closed several times but he was speechless.

"Drag on!" Li Hao waved his hand, this action has already sentenced him to death.

There was a series of shrill screams in the desert, which lasted for a while and then gradually subsided. All the remaining Gaochang prisoners were beheaded, and the smell of blood wafted in the wind, attracting a group of wild wolves, but they only dared to fight together. They lingered two miles away, not daring to get close, because they could feel an extremely strong killing intent ahead.

"Let's go, don't delay the eating of the wolves." Li Hao felt uncomfortable being stared at by a pack of wolves, so he set off with everyone and continued heading northeast, because it was almost dawn.

Four months had passed since Li Hao left Chang'an. The butler, Du Hong, accompanied by Chen Laosan, the leader of the trilogy of the Li family, visited Ma Zhou's house and told Ma Zhou that there was an extremely important thing left by Li Hao to Ma Zhou.

After hearing this, Ma Zhou hurriedly met him in person. After the meeting, Du Hong took out an exquisite small wooden box from his bosom and handed it to Ma Zhou, saying respectfully: "Master Ma, my young master handed this thing over to this old slave before leaving, and let the old man I handed it over to you four months after he left."

Ma Zhouyi took the small wooden box with a puzzled face, looked at it, and asked, "Can you open it?"

Du Hong nodded and said, "Yes."

Ma Zhou opened the wooden box and saw two thumb-sized seals inside. He took out one of them and looked at it. He saw that the seal was square without any carvings. The word "Dai" was engraved on the bottom. Picking up another seal, I found the word "for" engraved on the bottom.

Ma Zhou suddenly frowned and asked in confusion, "Your young master...what's the meaning of this?"

Du Hong slightly nodded and said: "I don't know what the young master's intention is, I just know how to do it."

Ma Zhou nodded and continued to frown in thought.

On the desert, Li Hao and his party traveled for more than ten days, bypassing Gaochang from the east, intending to enter Xizhou, but he found sadly that he was deceived by the map. However, the fact is that Xizhou is still within the territory of Gaochang.

In fact, Xizhou was originally owned by Gaochang, but for some reason, Datang insisted on setting up an administrative department and Zhechong Mansion in Xizhou, which is a bit colonial. In this way, it is difficult to determine whether Xizhou belongs to Datang or Gaochang. Now, that's the case in Xizhou. As for Tingzhou, which is farther away, hehe, I guess it's the same. After all, Tingzhou doesn't even have a border with Datang.

Standing outside the city of Xizhou, looking at the fiery red mountains more than ten or twenty miles away to the northwest, Li Hao's face became extremely ugly. That was the legendary Flame Mountain. Under the scorching sun at noon, the sandstone is shining brightly, and the hot air flow is rolling up, like a raging flame, and the tongue of fire touches the sky, isn't it like an endless flame burning.

The soldiers guarding the city of Xizhou saw Li Hao and his army approaching from a distance, and they had already closed the city gate. Li Hao stopped outside the south gate of Xizhou, sent Peng Hai to hand over the invitation card, and showed some proof For the identity documents, Xizhou Biejia led the Xizhou officials out of the city to welcome them after hearing the news.

Li Hao left Peng Hai and the five hundred right guards stationed outside the city, and he brought a group of female relatives and tribes into the city. On the way to the post house, Li Hao found that the pedestrians on the street were very mixed, and there were people of various nationalities. In fact, it is no wonder that Xizhou is located on the border of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also an important town on the Silk Road. They all have one thing in common. Although they come from different countries and have different skin and hair colors, they all wear Tang costumes. Only a few businessmen passing by wear their own costumes.Seeing those foreigners wearing Tang costumes, Li Hao thought it was funny.At the same time, he also feels proud that the Great Tang Dynasty is the most powerful dynasty in the history of the Chinese nation. Being strong is not only about having a large territory and a strong military force, but also a strong comprehensive national strength and economic strength. That is the real prosperity.Because of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, people from all over the world have been proud to wear Tang suits during this period. Even an ordinary man from the Tang Dynasty will become an ideal spouse in the dreams of women from all over the world, because they think that the blood of the Tang people is the most noble.The Tang Dynasty had a great influence on these foreigners, so that more than 1000 years later, foreigners still called the Chinese people Tang people, so this is why there are Chinatowns in foreign countries instead of Hanren Street or Song Renjie.

They sent Li Hao and the others to the posthouse along the way, leaving behind Cen Yao and said: "Lord Li, our Inspector Cao is busy with work, so we couldn't greet him in person. He asked the humble officer to bring a message to Lord Li, please forgive me."

Li Hao smiled and waved his hands: "Lord Cao is so polite, how can I let him greet him in person, naturally I should pay a visit at the door."

"Don't dare." Cen Yao said respectfully, "Master Cao is preparing a meager banquet at Xizhou Restaurant tonight, and he wants to welcome Mr. Li. Please, Mr. Li, don't refuse."

Li Hao nodded: "Okay, tonight I will definitely go to the appointment on time, thank Mr. Cao first for me."

"Yes." Cen Yao cupped his hands and saluted, "If Mr. Li has no other orders, then I will resign from the humble position first."

"Cen don't drive, please go ahead."

After sending Cen Yao away, Li Hao closed the door and asked Lu Yun, "Lu Yun, what's the situation in Xizhou, please tell me carefully."

Lu Yun heard the words and said slowly: "The governor of Xizhou is called Cao Qing, and he has been the governor here for nearly ten years. Although he is a bit pedantic, he is a man of integrity, and his attitude towards Gaochang is also very tough. If it weren't for him Based in Xizhou, Gao Chang will not go to the line of Tingzhou, after all, Tingzhou is too far away, Xizhou is better than Tingzhou in every aspect."

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