Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 364 Lei Yizhou (Thanks to the book friend 2017…8585/Freedom is lonely monthly ticket!)
In December of the 27th year of Kaixi, Kou Zhun, Hu Lian and more than a thousand others entered the territory of the Samanid Empire from the Ghaznavid Empire.

At this time, five corps including Jingsheng's Longxiang Army of the Great Zhou had already invaded the territory of the Samanid Dynasty, and the war was in full swing.

Mansur heavily guarded the eastern part of the country with troops. Relying on the coalition forces of more than 20 Star Religious countries, which far outnumbered the Zhou army, he launched a battle for every city and state.

Officials from all over the Samanid Empire naturally treated the Han people in their territory as a formidable enemy.

Faced with the interrogation of officials from all over the country, Hu Lian relied on his authentic Turkic language, official documents from Gaochang Kingdom, the token of Ghazni Prime Minister Huli, and a lot of bribes, and he finally got through it safely.

Kou Zhun knew that his fluent Bianjing dialect would be easily recognized by the people of the Samanid dynasty. After discussing with Hu Lian, he simply disguised himself as a caravan clerk and a "mute" who basically did not speak.

After marching in the northwest of the Samanid Empire for more than two months, they entered the Rey Province, which was on the border between the Samanid Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, on February 5th of the 28th year of Kaixi.

After finding a large inn in the city to stay at noon, it was already past noon. Kou Zhun, Hu Lian and others came to the lobby and ordered wine and food.

The diet of the Samanid dynasty mainly consisted of beef, mutton and flatbread, while the alcohol consumed was mainly wine and other fruit wines.

Just as more than a thousand people were eating meat and drinking wine, a hurried sound of horse hooves was heard on the street, and the horses stopped at the inn where Kou Zhun, Hu Lian and others were staying.

Hu Lian frowned slightly. He was riding a horse in the street in broad daylight, and coming to this inn with a clear goal. It was hard to say that he was not coming for him and others.

Hu Lian turned his head and looked towards the door of the inn. After a moment, he saw a well-dressed Han young man striding in. After seeing Hu Lian and others, he walked straight towards them.

After exchanging a few secret codes and hand gestures, Hu Lian confirmed that the other party was a member of the Longxiang Guard stationed in Bukhara, the capital of the Samanid Empire. They had been stationed there for three years, but they had rarely met in previous years.

After a brief whisper between the two, the young man quickly walked out, mounted his horse and left the city, as if he did not want anyone to discover that he had been to Lei Province.

Hu Lian pondered for a moment, raised his brows, and said:
"Everyone, finish eating and drinking quickly, and go back to the guest room to discuss."

After everyone had wolfed down their food and drinks, they hurried back to the inn together. Hu Lian and several other senior military officers gathered in Kou Zhun's guest room.

Hu Lian whispered:
"Just now, the brothers of the Dragon Guard stationed in Bukhara came to report that our behavior in the northwestern states of the Samanid Empire has aroused the vigilance of the "Hajjib", the internal security organization of the Samanid court.

At present, the Hajib has dispatched 10,000 internal guards from Bukhara, and they should be less than half a day's journey from this city."

When Kou Zhun and the other generals heard this, they were shocked and began to discuss the matter.

Some suggested hiding in other states first and breaking up into small groups, while others suggested going to the border of Rey State immediately and heading to the Roman Empire before the enemy arrived.

Kou Zhun said:
"Now our Great Zhou is in the midst of a fierce battle with the Star Sect. The enemy is powerful and has a large population. We must form an alliance with the Roman Empire to greatly increase our chances of victory.

This official agrees to go to the Roman Empire immediately."

It would take at least three days of horseback riding to reach the border of the Roman Empire from the city of Rey. This would expose the target and would be very dangerous if the tens of thousands of Samanid palace guards caught up with them.

Because they are all guards of the plate cavalry, now there is only a thousand Longxiang guards led by Hu Lian who are equipped with divine arm bows and swords to fight against them, but they have no guarantee of victory and may be in great danger.

After Hu Lian pondered for a long time, he suddenly slammed the table and said:
“No matter what, we must complete His Majesty’s order to escort Minister Kou to the Roman Empire!
While the Samanid Guards are still some distance away, we will set off immediately, hoping to pass the checkpoint before the enemy arrives!"

The plan was decided, and everyone immediately packed up and left the inn.

When the Turkic innkeeper saw that the Han merchants who had just checked in at noon were packing up to leave, he couldn't help but worry that they would come to check out and ask for their room fee back.

There were many Han people, and many of them wanted to stay in the rooms. If they wanted to check out, it would be a large amount of money. When the shopkeeper was thinking about how to refuse the check-out fee, Hu Lian had already walked to the counter.

Hu Lian looked at the shopkeeper with a sad face and said with a smile:
"Boss, we have some urgent business in our company and must return to Ghazni immediately.

As long as you don't tell anyone where we are going, I won't ask you to refund the money for the hotel!"

The shopkeeper was overjoyed and said repeatedly:
"Don't worry, sir! Even if it's just a small matter like this, I will definitely take care of it for you and will never reveal your whereabouts to anyone!"

Hu Lian nodded, and hurried out of the door with Kou Zhun and the brothers of the Longxiong Guard. They all mounted their horses and rushed to the border in the northwest of Leiyi State.

A few hours after Hu Lian and his companions left, when it was just getting dark, ten thousand Samanid palace guards entered Rayy State and went door to door to inquire about Hu Lian and his companions.

In a moment, the guards rushed to the door of the inn and knocked on it at a deafening price.

The shopkeeper, who was awakened from his sleep, hurriedly put on his clothes and just opened the door of the inn, he was grabbed by several big hands and asked:

"Did you see a group of Han Chinese merchants claiming to be from Gaochang these past two days?!"

The shopkeeper was startled, thinking of what Hu Lian had said when he left during the day, and stammered:
"My fellow soldiers, a group of Han Chinese merchants did stay at our inn during the day, but they left in a hurry after lunch!"

The guards immediately asked:
"Where did these Han people go? Do you know?"

The shopkeeper said he didn't know.

The guards were furious. One of them raised his hand and slapped the shopkeeper in the face, saying angrily:

"They were drinking and eating meat in your restaurant for at least an hour. With so many people, didn't you hear where they were going?!"

The shopkeeper's face immediately became swollen, and he said with a sad face:
"My dear officers, I really don't know!"

A guard drew out his sword with a swish and sneered:
"From your expression, I know there must be something hidden! Why don't you speak up now?

If you don't tell me, my sword won't have eyes!"

The shopkeeper was horrified, thinking: I can't expect to lose my life just for the favor of some silver from the Han people during the day, right?

He immediately waved his hands hurriedly and said:
"Master, please don't do anything! I'm telling you!
During the day, I heard from the Han leader that their business had an emergency and they had to rush back to Ghazni City!"

The officer tapped the shopkeeper on the left cheek with the side of his knife and said:

"I hope what you said is true! Our country is now at war with the Great Zhou Empire. All the people of the Samanid Dynasty must be careful to prevent Han spies from infiltrating!

let's go! "

Ten thousand guards mounted their horses and rushed towards the south gate of Reyi Province. After leaving the city, they chased in the direction of Ghazni.

The guards realized they had been deceived until they had chased them for half the night without finding any trace of Hu Lian and the others.

There was no time to return to Rei Province to settle accounts with the innkeeper, so the tens of thousands of guards immediately turned their horses around and chased towards the northwest border with the Roman Empire.

(End of this chapter)