Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

With a bang, the whole hall was in an uproar. No one expected that Hun Ji, a traitor, actually killed the deputy minister of the imperial court and even attacked the marriage team of Tang Dynasty.

No wonder the always tough Empress Dowager Chimalun agreed to Tang Envoy's request without even thinking about it.

Compared to the war between the two countries, this compensation is indeed not much.

Thinking of this, several peace ministers immediately jumped out and pointed to the national power and begged.

"Guoliqi, you promoted this thief Hunji. Now that he has committed a heinous crime, what else can you say?"

"Yes, killing compatriots and assassinating Tang envoys are all serious crimes!"

Faced with the accusations from the ministers, Guo Liqi felt angry that damn Hunji was so rough in his work.

What to do now? What should he explain to the court and the Queen Mother Chimalun?

After some weighing, Guoliqi thought it was time to draw a clear line between himself and Hunji.

Otherwise, not only will his official position be lost, but his life will also be implicated.

With this thought, Guoliqi took a step forward.

"Zuzan, Queen Mother, Hunji has committed such a serious crime and must be taken back to the Snowy Mountain to be executed.

"As for the old minister who did not know the person and was deceived by him, he is willing to fine himself two thousand copper coins and go home to reflect."

After speaking, he knelt on the ground.

Looking at Guoliqi who was avoiding the important and taking the easy, the Queen Mother Chimalun raised a sneer on her lips.

"Of course you have to bear the main responsibility. Someone came to take off Guoliqi's waistband and put him under house arrest in the sacred mountain."

"At the same time, send a large army to Baiquan City to capture the traitor Hun Ji!"

"Respect the Queen Mother's decree!" The ministers knelt on the ground and beat the ground loudly.

Just as the eight thousand Tubo army rushed towards Baiquan City, Liu Zi drove the cattle, sheep and horses back to Baiquan City.

"Look, my lord, Lao Liu is back. I didn't expect the Tubo people to be so generous and give us so many things."

Cao Wei lay on the wall and pointed excitedly at the black sheep under the city.

Fan Xin was also very happy to see that the Tubo people had given so much compensation.

Said with a smile.

"Killing and marrying the team is equivalent to declaring war on the Tang Dynasty. Chimalun is a smart person and she will not choose to attack now."

Seeing the cattle and sheep being taken over by the Youzhou army, Fan Xin shook his head.

"Let's go. After collecting the apology, we should hand over the mess here to the court."

Cao Wei was stunned and said in surprise.

"My lord, do you mean that Yao Chong plans to lead an army to support us?"

"It's not Yao Chong, it should be Li Longji's people. We have sent three letters for help. It's time for the court to send people here, both in public and private matters."

Fan Xin sneered and looked up in the direction of Shanzhou...

In Shanzhou, Jiedushi Yamen.

Ever since Guo Zhiyun set up the Jiedushi Yamen here, Shanzhou has become the command center of the army.

Hundreds of officials come and go from here every day.

In the study room, Guo Zhiyun put down his brush and rubbed his forehead. Seeing that the attendant was about to speak but hesitated, he said calmly.

"Did Yao Chong come to ask for help again with a letter?"

The attendant nodded, looking worried.

"Your Majesty, Yao Chong is also the prime minister of the dynasty after all. Now he has gone to the Yamen three times to rescue King Yan. I'm afraid it won't be good to continue delaying it, right?"

Guo Zhiyun snorted angrily.

"You think I don't know the consequences of offending the prime minister? It's not what I was ordered to do."

"But so many days have passed. It stands to reason that Fan Xin and his team should have died in Baiquan City."

"We should go and negotiate with Tubo on behalf of the Tang Dynasty."

"Okay, go and invite Yao Chong!"

The attendant bowed and not long after leaving, Yao Chong walked into the study with a gloomy face.

"Hmph, Guo Jiedushi is so arrogant. I have come to visit you three times and you don't even have the right to see him!"

"Old Yao Ge mistakenly blamed the envoy. He was busy setting up the Jiedushi Yamen these days and was a bit confused, so he neglected it."

Guo Zhiyun laughed and personally helped Yao Chong sit on the chair.

Although he knew that Guo Zhiyun was talking nonsense, there was nothing Yao Chong could do against him.

After all, he is a feudal official who is favored by the emperor, but he is a prime minister who is about to retire and return to his hometown.

"Envoy Guo Jiedu, this is the third letter for help sent back by King Yan."

"The number of the marriage team is less than a hundred. The Tibetans may attack the Tang camp at any time. If you continue to refuse to save me, don't blame me for going to His Majesty to impeach you!"

Seeing that the distress letter was sent five days ago, Guo Zhiyun was secretly relieved.

It was almost impossible for hundreds of people to block the Tubo attack for such a long time.

This time he could finally go through the motions openly and honestly.

After making a decision in his heart, Guo Zhiyun looked up to the sky and sighed, patting his thigh.

"Well, since Prime Minister Yao is determined to save King Yan, I will take the risk and go to Baiquan City."

"What, you want to go to Baiquan City yourself?"

Yao Chong originally just had the attitude of giving it a try, but he didn't expect that Guo Zhiyun would go in person.

"Yes, King Yan is your majesty's personal protector after all. If the court turns a blind eye after the incident, it will be unjustifiable."

"Without further ado, let's set off now."

Since Baiquan City belonged to the Tubo people, for the sake of safety, Guo Zhiyun specially led an army of 50,000 to leave Shanzhou and headed west.

It wasn't until half a month later that the army appeared at the gate of Baiquan City.

"Report to the Jiedushi! There is no one in the city and there are corpses everywhere. It seems that a particularly fierce battle took place!" Several scouts knelt on one knee and said.

"Did the Tubo people kill the marriage team and then run away?"

Guo Zhiyun frowned, thought for a moment and waved his riding crop.

"The entire army has followed the order and marched into the city in wild goose feather formation to search for traces of Her Royal Highness the Princess and King Yan!"

The three armies shouted and poured into Baiquan City. There were broken corpses everywhere along the way, which made Guo Zhiyun secretly shocked.

At the same time, I was glad that I didn't come to rescue Fan Xin, otherwise I don't know how many people would have died in such a brutal battle.

However, as the search team deepened, he gradually discovered that something was wrong.

Because all the corpses lying on the ground were Tubo corpses, not a single Han corpse.

"Jiedushi, could it be that the Tibetans buried all the corpses of Heqin's team in order to cover up others' deception?" The deputy general on the side helped analyze.

Guo Zhiyun nodded: "It's possible. I ordered my subordinates to dig three feet into the ground. I don't believe that the bodies of so many people will disappear."

However, what Guo Zhiyun and others did not know was that an elite Tibetan cavalry was coming towards them quickly.

"He is protected by the Great Guard. Twenty miles ahead is Baiquan City. What do you think we should do if Hunji is unwilling to surrender?"

A Tibetan lieutenant on horseback bent down and shouted loudly.

The man named Qimeng laughed twice.

"With the Queen Mother's order, Hunji will resist us unless he no longer wants to live!"

"Come on, let's catch this audacious fool!"

"drive!"

Qimeng flicked his riding whip and ran towards Baiquan City like black lightning.