Li Hong felt that he seemed to be in the right direction. By checking the bank, could he find out who was smuggling contraband
He stroked his chin and couldn't help but think, no matter what, smuggling is a huge sum of money. He should have some context for this money, right? You can’t really just produce and sell it yourself and then use other products to make up for the shortfall, right
If that's the case, it's really hard to check these things. If other people's money doesn't go into the bank or be withdrawn from accounts, there's nothing you can do about it.
Even soap, soap and other items are now popular commodities in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the south, and they have always been priceless.
Quan Yi is getting thicker and thicker now. This guy has become extremely shameless since he came to the Western Regions to practice.
No, he started squatting on Li Hong's threshold again, grinning shamelessly.
"Don't make up your mind, there's no chance." How could Li Hong not know the purpose of his visit.
What kind of job is it to poach someone from your own side? If he poached all the elite soldiers and generals, what else could he teach them in the future
Quan Yi didn't believe in the combat power of Li Hong's personal guards at first, but once Li Hong asked him to lead a thousand people and he led the personal guards. After the two had a simulated encounter deep in the desert, Quan Yi was completely convinced. .
So on the grounds that it was too dangerous to pretend to be a robber, he forcibly poached the original Guards leader.
Otherwise, Li Hong would not have thought about taking it as his own after seeing Wei Tuqi.
Wei Tuqi is indeed a piece of rough jade. With a little carving, it will definitely become a great weapon in the future.
But don't forget, Li Hong once followed the God of War Bai Qi on the battlefield during his ninth and tenth life.
In the strategic decisive battle between Qin and Zhao: the Battle of Changping, I followed Bai Qi and together with Bai Qi, killed more than 400,000 Zhao soldiers.
But in the end, his fate was the same as that of Bai Qi. Du Youting, also known as Xiaoliting, was sentenced to death together with Bai Qi at that time.
And his identity at that time was the general beside Bai Qi: the famous general of Qin State, Keqing: the second grandson of Sima Cuo. The sixth generation ancestor of historian Sima Qian: Sima Jin.
"For the last time, General Protector, you know what the soldiers under the general's command are like. Lawless has been stealing the limelight recently. If you don't ignore it, the general will..." Quan Yi squatted at the door, as if he was begging for food. .
"If a soldier is a coward, a whole group of cowards will be cowards. I have told you this eight hundred times. If your people lose to Lawless again, just wait to be deposed by me."
As soon as Li Hong finished speaking, an afterimage appeared in front of his eyes, and Quan Yi had disappeared without a trace.
Turning his mind back to the Central Plains region, Li Hong leaned on his chin and pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure out the reason.
But no matter what, he still made up his mind to give Bai Chun the order first and let her investigate slowly, starting from the bank, to see if she could find out anything.
Early the next morning, Quan Yi had just assembled his team at the door and was about to set off to the depths of the desert to start their second career as a thief when the sound of horse hooves came from behind.
Li Hong led the two hundred guards and hurried over. Looking at Quan Yi's astonished eyes, Li Hong glanced at him and said lightly: "I'll go with you to stretch out my muscles."
"Yes, Protector-General." Quan Yi had an excited look on his face.
At the gate of the city, a little head poked out of the gate. After observing for a while, he determined that the man on the horse was Li Hong, and then jumped out from the gate.
"Where are you going?" An Xiaohe raised his head and looked at the army in front of him slowly leaving, and asked the man on the horseback of the war horse called the food stamp.
"Go and rob." Li Hong looked at the smiling An Xiaohe and said pretending to be a thief.
"Take me with you." An Xiaohe said expectantly.
"No, you won't be able to come back in a day or two this time. You can play with Xiaoxue and Xia Zhi." Li Hong was very attracted to An Xiaohe, especially his tall figure and beautiful cheeks.
But for some reason, when facing An Xiaohe, Bai Chun's shadow always pops up in his mind unconsciously.
Although their temperaments are completely different: Bai Chun is just like the snow lotus on the mountain that day, so indifferent that he is even indifferent, so indifferent that he doesn't even like the fireworks of the world.
An Xiaohe, on the other hand, is like an elf who has fallen into the mortal world. He is full of agility and lightness, just like the petals of flowers flying around, giving people pleasure.
A mysterious girl from the Nine Heavens is about to ride away in the wind, and a mortal elf has just entered the world of mortals, two completely different beauties.
An Xiaohe pouted, as if he already knew what the answer would be.
Looking at the far away figure, he put his hand on the red lips and shouted: "Remember to bring me a gift back."
Li Hong waved his hand in annoyance, which in An Xiaohe's opinion meant he understood.
In fact, what Li Hong meant was: stay where you need to cool off.
Not far in front of Li Hong's horse head, Mangzhong and Hua Meng were escorting him on both sides. On the left and right were Banmei and Xunlan.
The two women were also wearing thieves' clothes, with leather-like armor underneath. In the desert, such outfits were suitable for high-speed killing.
The two women smiled and waved back to An Xiaohe, telling her to go back quickly.
Just as the two of them turned their heads to look forward, they suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves coming from behind.
Listening to the sound of horse hooves, it doesn't sound like the hooves of multiple war horses, but the sound of a single rider coming at a high speed.
"Master, isn't it An Xiaohe who insists on following?" Banmei asked suspiciously.
Li Hong shook his head helplessly: "It can't be him, it's that pervert."
Without looking back, Li Hong had already guessed by the sound of horse hooves that when he left the city, he didn't find the pervert, but now he was probably chased out after being informed by Xia Zhi.
"Master, it's really a waste of time." Banmei said excitedly.
Xunlan also looked back, and suddenly his pretty face was full of surprise. The boss opened his mouth and couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
"When did Bai Qi learn to ride a horse?" Xun Lan murmured, not knowing who she was asking.
Wherever she looked, she saw a wolf sitting on the back of a horse, with shiny black wolf fur all over its body. Because of the galloping horse under its butt, the wolf's fur moved back with the wind. Taken away, the entire wolf looks very majestic and domineering.
Bai Qi's front paws were upright, his hind legs were bent, and he sat down on the horse with the saddle on it. His face was serious, his eyes were staring ahead, and he was rushing in the direction of Li Hong against the wind.
The horse under Bai Qi's butt seems to have become accustomed to being a wolf as a mount. It is galloping smoothly and in harmony with the wolf on its back, giving people the feeling of a wolf and a horse.
Li Hong was used to all this and didn't bother to look at it. Once, he was afraid that it would be tired, so he found a bold horse and let it sit on it to rest.
Unexpectedly, from then on, this guy fell in love with this way of traveling. As soon as he left the city, he would definitely bite off the reins and pull the horse out from the stable. Then he would jump on the horse and sit down, waiting to set off. .
Going west along the Kongque River, it is not far from the official road to Khotan in the south. It is not deep in the desert, but just along the edge of the desert.
The Kongque River is crooked. With not much vegetation now, looking down from the high sand dunes, it looks like a jade belt wrapping around the edge of the sand sea and rushing down.
The powerful nature has created strong vitality, but in the face of excessive felling and destruction by humans, it still shows its fragile and vulnerable side.
The information about Jingzhe and Cheetah was also sent to the banks of the Kongque River in a timely manner. The Tibetan merchants did not enter Loulan City, but chose to camp near the Kongque River as well.
Holding a topographic map in his hand, more than two thousand people were resting in a tree-lined area on the bank of the Kongque River.
Bai Qizhao no longer knows where he went. It is suitable for him to find game for himself.
Occasionally when he is in a good mood, he will bring back some game meat for his owner Li Hong.
But don't think that it has such filial piety. It just wants Li Hong to help it barbecue. To put it bluntly, eating cooked meat is like humans eating raw meat, and it can be eaten fresh occasionally.
"General Protector, I have looked at the terrain map. It is safest to take action before arriving in Khotan, but it is also the easiest to expose us. This will make Lu Dongzan talk about it." Quan Yi analyzed seriously.
"They are about 1,300 people. Including those who came after the Yumen Pass meeting, the total number should be 2,340 people. This is equivalent to the number of seven or eight caravans."
Li Hong took the intelligence and analyzed it. This time, Tubo obviously wanted to use a huge number of people to ensure that the goods would be intact, or to exchange most of the goods for relatively small losses and send them to Tubo.
"Defender, do you think the Tubo army is hiding some ulterior secrets this time? You see, they were obviously much more cautious this time. They didn't even stop at Yumen Pass and ran out after a short rest. But when they arrived in Loulan, they didn't even enter the city. Why?" Quan Yi looked at the information in Li Hong's hand and found that the Tibetan caravan's behavior was very different from before.
"This is not simple. First, there must be some goods from Yumen Pass that have not been inspected. Secondly, it is possible that Lu Dongzan himself planned this time. Just look at the place they chose to rest. It seems that they chose They are all easy places for us to attack, but every location is also the terrain where we are most likely to be exposed and the most suitable for their counterattack... "
Li Hong looked at the resting places along the way and studied the terrain of each place. This camel team was very cautious, and every location was carefully selected.
Every location seems to have deliberately left bait for yourself, making you think that it is easy to eat. But if you eat it, you will probably be fooled by the old guy, and let the old guy catch you all. .
"What should we do? We can't follow all the way like this, right? After Khotan, if we want to eat again, we have to fight a tough battle." Quan Yi thought about it again and again and said.
"Then let's fight a tough battle and eat him before Khotan. Because there are too many people, the risk is greater than eating after Khotan. Order everyone to rest for half a stick of incense before setting off, and drive all night." Li Hong looked at Looking at the terrain map, I made a bold decision.
(End of chapter)