A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"Tianzhu can't stay for a long time. You are still on the border of Tubo, and you can't join forces for the time being." The scout said.

"What's the current situation in Tubo?" Wang Xuance continued to ask.

Everyone also looked at the scout.

"Now that the 30 reinforcements from the Hexi Corridor have arrived, it can be seen from Dashi's current actions that Songtsan Gampo has convinced Dashi that Dashi will not invade Tubo again these days."

"Hearing this, the war is about to end?" Li Yifu asked in a low voice.

"No." Wang Xuance shook his head, "Now that a great war is coming, it must be a tough battle between Tang Dynasty and Rome."

The scout also nodded and said: "The Dashi will no longer invade, and Rome has also fallen silent. The Romans must know that they have missed the best time, because the 30 reinforcements from the Hexi Corridor will arrive at any time, and Rome will prepare well during this time." The next battle with our Datang."

"At this time, Rome will definitely clean up the future troubles. If Rome knows about your existence and asks you to leave the territory of Tianzhu, Rome will definitely search Tianzhu again. After dealing with the troubles, they will wholeheartedly deal with our Tang Dynasty."

"Then why can't we unite together?" Li Yifu asked.

Wang Xuance signaled Li Yifu not to ask more questions.

The scout bowed and said, "These are the words passed down by General Xue. Please hurry up and leave Tianzhu."

After talking about the scout, he left. Wu Laoqi asked curiously, "He wants us to withdraw from Tianzhu again, and he doesn't let us unite together. What does that mean? Why can't we go up and down?"

"Fortunately, we have already contacted General Xue." Xue Ji said.

"I understand what General Xue means." Wang Xuance said in a low voice: "The battle situation has reached the present, and Rome and Datang will definitely fight. Since reinforcements from the Hexi Corridor will arrive at any time, Dashi is no longer a threat. I thought General Xue would not Let us join forces so that we can stand on the side of Rome and make us a nail that cannot be pulled out in the heart of the Romans. As long as we attack Rome at a critical time, we can deal a very fatal blow to the Romans."

"General Xue wants us to preserve our own strength first and not act rashly. The Romans know that they have missed the good time to take down Tubo. Now they can only face head-to-head with the Tang army. They have to get rid of their worries if they are going to face a big battle. Those of us The existence of people is the worry of the Romans, we still have to stay behind Rome, but we cannot stay in Tianzhu, nor can we join forces with General Xue, General Xue hopes that we can give Rome a fatal blow."

"What do you think?" Li Yifu looked at Wu Laoqi.

"Let's withdraw from Tianzhu first, and withdraw today." Wu Laoqi said after thinking.

Xue Ji spread out the map and pointed to the river valley where the Romans are now stationed, and said: "We can retreat to the junction of Tubo and Tianzhu, so that we can advance, attack and retreat, or defend. If things change, we will not lose our place." Back off."

"But that area is not said to be guarded by big cannibals." Li Yifu said.

Wang Xuance shook his head, "Now there is only so much Dashi troops left, even if that area and the Dashi people are guarding, they don't care about us or themselves, let's go first, wait for the Romans to outflank When we come here, we really can’t go anywhere.”

Everyone decided to pack up their belongings and leave the camp.

The team started to march again. Li Yifu said to Wang Xuance: "What should we do with our newly appointed King of Tianzhu? Should we send someone to tell him to be careful, the Romans are about to come back."

"The Romans shouldn't embarrass such an old man." Wu Laoqi said.

Wang Xuance whistled and beckoned a soldier to tell him, "Let the new king of Tianzhu hide first, the Romans are about to come back."

"If it doesn't work, you can go to the fishing village where we came first. If the Romans kill someone, he can get on the boat and ask for help. We left a lot of people on board." Xue Ji also said.

The group walked for half a day and came to a ravine, which is the junction of Tubo and Tianzhu. Originally, there should be soldiers from Dashi guarding here, but now they can't see any of them. Wang Xuance presided over the garrison and defense, and Xue Ji also Send people to check the situation around.

Chapter 1037 The Big Cannibal Who Wants to Go Home ([-])

Zhang Jiuling and Li Taibai walked out of the Hexi Corridor and came all the way to the border of Tubo. The terrain here is very flat and there are no hills at first glance.

Li Taibai drank wine along the way and said, "Brother Zhang, what kind of person do you think Songtsan Gampo is?"

"I think." Zhang Jiuling smiled and said, "It may be too much to say that he was born at an untimely time. I think Songtsan Gampo might have achieved higher achievements if it weren't for Gu Qing's existence. I feel that Gu Qing is too dazzling now, brother Taibai, I have heard about an incident back then, when Tuyuhun invaded the border of Tang Dynasty, Gu Qing was eyeing Songtsan Gampo at that time."

"At that time, Songtsan Gampo hadn't become popular yet, that is, after the Tuyuhun incident, Songtsan Gampo has been suppressed by Gu Qing." Zhang Jiuling lowered his tone, "It's like fate, Gu Qing can Go one step ahead of Songtsen Gampo in many things, no matter how hard Songtsen Gampo struggles, Gu Qing can beat him down."

"It's a bit wicked for you to say that." Li Taibai nodded and said.

"If you see Gu Qing, you will definitely have a very special feeling." Zhang Jiuling said.

Li Taibai grabbed the horse's rein and looked at Zhang Jiuling, "What kind of feeling?"

"It's like he has known you since a long time." Zhang Jiuling said with a smile.

"Really? I want to see Gu Qing more and more after you say that." Li Taibai looked at the sky and the earth in the distance.

Zhang Jiuling took a break and continued: "Many people want to be like Gu Qing. It is such an honor to be able to live in this world one day, but I have met Gu Qing a few times. The present day is what he hates the most."

Li Taibai sat on the grass and said: "Everyone says he is a very strange person."

"There's nothing weird about it. I don't think there's much difference between Gu Qing and ordinary people. It's just that what Gu Qing wants to stick to is different from what some people see. If one day, Gu Qing can really leave the court, He really can no longer be the Prime Minister, no need to go to temples, I am quite willing to celebrate for him."

"how do I say this?"

"Gu Qing doesn't like power, but people with power want to put Gu Qing above power."

After Zhang Jiuling finished speaking, Li Bai thought for a while and said, "It must be possible to surpass Gu Qing. Under the power, there is only the royal family."

"En." Zhang Jiuling nodded slightly, "There is an indistinct account between the royal family and Gu Qing, and there is also an unending marriage. In the past, I always thought that Gu Qing's fate would be the same as that of a prince and general for thousands of years, but afterwards I found out how little Gu Qing poses to the royal family now, Gu Qing has no military power, Gu Qing is now trapped in the village, and has not been to the court for a long time, and even rarely goes to Chang'an."

"So I think Gu Qing is the least threatening to the royal family. Sometimes I also think that if Gu Qing's desire for power is stronger, the world will be in chaos." Zhang Jiuling sighed.

"How can there be a feeling of being a hero at such a young age? Gu Qing is not yet 30 years old."

Zhang Jiuling opened the water bag and took a sip of wine and said: "In the ten years that Gu Qing came to Chang'an with Sun Simiao, the ups and downs that Gu Qing experienced in those ten years were much more than what ordinary people would experience in a lifetime. I was in the academy at that time. I have a very good relationship with Gu Qing’s son, Gu Xiao. At that time, I heard Gu Xiao say that what his father said the most was that he had lived two lifetimes. Sometimes when I recall all kinds of things, even I doubt whether Gu Qing is real or not. lived two lives."

"How could someone live two lifetimes." Li Taibai shook his head.

"Yes, how could someone live two lives." Zhang Jiuling nodded.

"There are many horseshoe prints and traces of tents in front of us. It seems that we are not far from the army. We should be able to reach it in a few days." Li Taibai looked at the distant scenery and didn't know what happened to this battle. That's it.

Xue Rengui received the report from the scouts, and has already contacted Wang Xuance and Xue Ji and his party at the rear. It seems that the people from the Maritime Trade Department have indeed arrived at the rear, and they have confidence in their hearts.

Di Renjie came on horseback and said, "The army is coming soon."

The 30 reinforcements from the Hexi Corridor arrived, but Xue Rengui still had worries on his face. This worry was stronger than before. Is there a lot of 30 troops?There are indeed not many. Rome has come all the way to the east, and has hardly encountered any opponents all the way.

This time, the Dashi hit Tubo several times and was beaten down. This was almost a head-on blow to the arrogant Rome. Rome would not take this war lightly, and now I have to face the full-scale attack of Rome. The Romans will never underestimate Datang again, and will definitely go all out.

Songtsan Gampo also came on horseback and said: "The 36 countries in the Western Regions have sent [-] troops to support us, and they will come to us in Tubo soon."

Lu Dongzan came to the camp and said: "The king of Nanzhao Kingdom handed over the letter of credence, and Nanzhao sent [-] troops to help us."

These are all good news. Di Renjie looked at Xue Rengui's expression still not good, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Xue, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, maybe I'm worrying too much." Xue Rengui withdrew his mind.

The strong wind blew across the yellow land, raising dust and sand again.

King Dashi looked at the Roman army behind and said: "Let the Romans let go, let us go home, we will not fight this battle."

The envoys sent several times were met with the silence of the Romans, and neither the Roman emperor nor the governor gave a reply.