Zhang Qiu and Qiong spread the map on the stone platform, pressed the four corners, looked at it for a moment with interest, smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, and put a copper coin in his hand on the map.

This is a topographic map of the surrounding areas of Yizhou, in addition to Yizhou, Tubo, Dongnu, Nanzhao, Dongjiao and other surrounding countries, all marked on the map.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong used a lot of manpower and material resources in order to draw this map, for this reason, this map is quite accurate, all the surrounding mountains and rivers, as well as the city garrison, are all clearly marked, with this map, you can see the surrounding situation at a glance.

And Zhang Qiu and Qiong covered the position with copper coins, and the three small characters of 'Pingrong City' were written impressively.

'Why do you want to cover Pingrong City, what trick is Zhang Qiu and Qiong playing. ’

Li An frowned, carefully observed the map in front of him, and gradually had some eyebrows, and his tightly knit brows gradually relaxed.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong naturally saw the change in Li An's expression, and smiled: "Since Captain Li has already seen the intention of this official, let's talk about it!" ”

Li An took a step forward, pointed to the location of Pingrong City, and said confidently: "Zhang Qiu Jieshuai put the copper coins in Pingrong City, which is enough to show that in Zhang Qiujieshuai's heart, Pingrong City is an extremely important position, and he looked at it carefully, and found that Pingrong City is between Tubo and Nanzhao, as long as I control Pingrong City, I can block the road from Tubo to Nanzhao and prevent Nanzhao from being coerced by Tubo and opposing Datang." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong nodded appreciatively, it was precisely because of the extremely important strategic position of Pingrong City that he took great pains to lead the army to seize this important city and firmly control it.

"Captain Li is really smart, and he can see the importance of Pingrong City at a glance, but the wolf ambitions of Tubo will not stop there, and they can't take Pingrong City, so they can't wait to think of other ways."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong praised Li An, and his brows slowly frowned.

"Zhang Qiu Jieshuai is talking about the East Female Country?"

Li An carefully observed the map and found that the Dongnu Kingdom was in the south of Pingrong City, and if Tubo annexed the Dongnu Kingdom, not only would Yazhou and Lizhou of the Tang Dynasty be directly exposed to the troops of Tubo, but also Tubo could make it more convenient to get in touch with Nanzhao, and it was very likely that they would use both grace and power to coerce Nanzhao to fight against the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong nodded slowly: "Nanzhao is under the wings of my Datang, and loyalty to Datang will be of great benefit to them, but if Tubo annexes the Dongnu Kingdom, the western border of Nanzhao will definitely be exposed to the Tubo army, so it is difficult for the official to predict how the situation in Nanzhao will develop." ”

As the envoy of the Jiannan Festival of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Qiu and Qiong are very worried about the confluence of Tubo and Nanzhao, although, judging from the current situation, the king of Nanzhao, Pi Luo Ge, is loyal to the Tang Empire and has never opposed the Tang Dynasty, but that is because Nanzhao is under the wing of the Tang Dynasty, if Pi Luo Ge opposes the Tang Dynasty, he will suffer the disaster of destroying the country.

Once the Tubo Empire annexed the Dongnu Kingdom and bordered a large area of Nanzhao, the international situation faced by the Nanzhao Kingdom changed, and the Tang Dynasty was only 30,000 border troops in Jiannan Road, and Tubo was very likely to gather more soldiers and horses on the border of Nanzhao, so that Nanzhao would not betray the Tang Dynasty for its own interests.

As the founding king of the unification of the six edicts and the establishment of the Nanzhao Kingdom, Pi Luo Ge has lofty ambitions and strong self-confidence, he is a hero, and Xiao Xiong will never have the idea of loyalty, in Pi Luo Ge's heart, there is only the concept of interests, at present, allegiance to the Tang Dynasty is beneficial to him, he naturally wants to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and once the situation changes, he may not continue to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

"Zhang Qiujie Marshal rest assured, he will do his best to completely smash the conspiracy of Tubo to annex the Dongnu Kingdom, and let Tubo Zampu die of this heart."

Ang Lee placed his palm in the capital of the East Women's Kingdom and expressed his position confidently.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong stroked his chin and beard appreciatively: "Captain Li is both wise and brave, this official does not doubt your ability, but there seems to be something wrong within the Dongnu Kingdom, you must not take it lightly!" ”

Li An was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed his hand: "I am willing to listen to the teachings of the festival marshal." ”

In Ang Lee's opinion, Zhang Qiu and Qiong must know something, and if he can learn about the internal situation in the Dongnu Kingdom through him, it will be of great benefit to Ang Lee.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong smiled lightly: "I can't talk about the teachings, but this official has a word to send to Captain Li." ”

"Listen to me."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong said softly: "Captain Li must remember, you can't just look at the surface when you look at people, after entering the East Women's Country, don't trust anyone easily, remember, remember." ”

"Humble duty and remember the teachings of the marshal."

Li An thanked him respectfully and saluted Zhang Qiu and Qiong again.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong lifted the map on the stone platform and handed it to Li An: "Captain Li, you and I hit it off at first sight, this map marks the terrain and cities around Yizhou in detail, you must be able to use it, and I will give it to you." ”

Li An was overjoyed: "Thank you for your humble position." ”

Since the first time he saw the map, Li An knew that this map had a great effect on him, and he wanted to ask for a copy, but he never thought that Zhang Qiu and Qiong would take the initiative to give it away, so he was naturally very happy and took it with both hands.

After Zhang Qiu and Qiong said a few words again, he walked away slowly.

Looking at the back of Zhang Qiu and Qiong leaving, Li Anxin sighed, although he had just come into contact with Zhang Qiu and Qiong, but through this short contact, he could completely see that Zhang Qiu and Qiong was a loyal minister who was worried about the Tang Dynasty and was the pillar of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong is also a famous family, his ancestor is the Qin Dynasty general Zhang Han, and was later named King Yong by Xiang Yu, after being defeated by Han Xin, Zhang Han committed suicide, his descendants avoided Qiushan, changed their surname to Zhang Qiu, and then moved to the grassland, when the Northern Wei Dynasty, returned to the Central Plains.

Li An carefully rolled up the map, and then went to learn the Tibetan language with Zhao Yufu, the Eastern Woman Kingdom was close at hand, and Li An had to speed up the speed of learning the Tibetan language.

After a day's rest, Li An led his men and horses to escort King Guichang to continue in the direction of the Dongnu Kingdom, and after passing through Shuzhou, Maozhou, and Yazhou, he arrived at the border area of the Dongnu Kingdom.

Along the way, Li An took out the map from time to time to take a look, and asked his men and horses to go to reconnoiter according to the terrain marked on the map, and the results were exactly the same as those marked on the map, that is, the map in Li An's hand was very accurate.

Zhao Yufu gently lifted the curtain, looked at the rolling river on the side of the road, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

"Captain Li, the river next to it is weak water, follow the weak water all the way to the north, and you will reach Queen City."

Li An smiled sideways: "It's finally coming, Queen City, it must be a very beautiful place, and I have been longing for it for a long time." ”

Zhao Yufu looked at Li An stupidly: "Captain Li, you have been guarding all the way, it has been really hard, and when you stay in the Queen City, you must stay for a few more days, so that I can enjoy the friendship of the landlord." ”

Li An nodded: "Okay, since King Guichang is kind enough to stay, it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

The main task of going to the East Woman Country this time is to smash the sinister conspiracy of Tubo, and by the way, find out the anti-Tang forces within the East Woman Country.

"Report, Captain Li, someone is blocking our way."

Half an hour later, the striker was stopped and immediately informed Ang Lee.

Li An and Zhao Yufu glanced at each other, and rode their horses to run straight ahead.

"Big brother, there are archers in ambush on the left and right sides, and the other party seems to know that we are coming."

Seeing Li An riding his horse, Li Feiyu reminded softly.

Li An frowned, and said softly: "The other party should be the soldiers and horses of the Dongnu Kingdom, maybe they don't want us to enter!" ”

"Big brother, what should I do?"

"Let's go over and have a look."

Li An rode forward and slowly approached the other party's centaurs.

"Who's coming?"

Li An said loudly: "Li An, the captain of the Right Longwu Military Academy, is ordered by the Tang Emperor to escort King Guichang back to the Dongnu Kingdom, and you don't hurry up to give way." ”

"Since you are the one who escorted you, now, the East Woman Country has arrived, you can go back."

A middle-aged man with a fierce face shouted loudly.

Li An could see that this middle-aged man was the leader of this group, and the corner of his mouth smiled indifferently: "I have heard the hospitality of the East Female Country for a long time, and I have worked hard all the way, won't you let us go to the Queen City as a guest?" ”

"Hehe, our Dongnu country is small, I'm afraid we can't accommodate so many of you."

The middle-aged man yelled unfriendly.

Li Anxin couldn't help but be furious, and scolded: "The Dongnu Kingdom is a subject country of my Tang Dynasty, and if you obstruct the entry of our army everywhere, you are despising my Tang Empire, so you are not afraid of the coming of heaven and punishment?" ”

"Good boy, such a big breath, will I still be afraid of you."

The middle-aged man scoffed at Ang Lee.

Li An was stunned when he heard this, this person claimed to be his true appearance, could it be Zhao Yufu's uncle, if so, he was really not too rude.

However, this person is so obstructing the Tang army from entering the Dongnu Kingdom, is he the one who colluded with Tubo Li An's brows furrowed deeply and fell into deep thought.

"Why is the fifth uncle like this? Captain Li is my friend. ”

Zhao Yufu slowly lifted the curtain, and slowly got out of the carriage with the support of the maid.

She didn't worry about Li An, so she ordered the coachman to speed up and run quickly.

"Bin."

The middle-aged man bent down to salute Zhao Yufu, and everyone behind him knelt down to salute.

Zhao Yufu stepped forward to help the middle-aged man and looked at Li An: "Captain Li, this is my fifth uncle Zhao Wufu, and he is also the fifth phase of my Eastern Women's Country." ”

"Li An saw the five phases, he was offended a lot just now, and he hoped that the five phases would forgive his sins."

Li An bowed his hand to Zhao Wufu.

Zhao Wufu glared at Li An with ill will, and looked back at Zhao Yufu: "Bin, my Eastern Women's Country has 10,000 male soldiers, why do you need the Tang Army to protect it, besides, I heard that they are not at ease here, so it is better to let them go back immediately." ”

Zhao Yufu shook his head: "Fifth Uncle Why did he say this, if it wasn't for Captain Li guarding all the way, I would have been killed by the assassin a long time ago, Captain Li is definitely not a bad person, I believe him." ”

After speaking, he looked at Li Ang with affection.