Water Margin people

Chapter 1564 Going West

"Lu You is a formal officer, he is certainly qualified to join the army in the battle!"

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"I just want to go to the west and take a look! This opportunity is rare!"

Xin Qiji still didn't give up. Perhaps this was the only chance in his life for him to go to the west.

"There are plenty of opportunities, there will always be opportunities in the future!"

Sun Lei said that his control over the West was not just to establish a protectorate and collect some taxes, what he wanted was to turn this land into the territory of Qi.

Only then did Xin Qiji give up, bowed and left.

"The boy has a lot of ideas!"

Sun Lei shook his head with a smile.

When he returned to the living room, Hu Sanniang had already started helping him pack his luggage, especially clothes, which she had packed into several large boxes.

"You don't need to bring so many clothes. Just bring a few pieces of both thin and thick clothes. It will be very hot except on the plateau where it will be cold!"

Sun Lei said.

"kindness!"

Hu Sanniang nodded.

"You didn't go to select the soldiers to accompany you?"

Sun Lei looked at Hu Sanniang and asked.

"Qiongying has gone. I plan to let Pang Qiuxia stay behind. Qiongying and I will accompany the cavalry!"

Hu Sanniang spoke.

"You and Qiongying? Yeah, that's fine too!"

Sun Lei nodded. This was indeed a good arrangement.

Yue Fei came to a military camp that was under surveillance.

"General Yue!"

When An Bahai saw Yue Fei coming, he immediately went to greet him with a smile, and the others also went to greet him. Yue Fei's sudden arrival must have been to convey an order.

"Your Majesty has ordered that we go to Hezhong Prefecture tomorrow. You must all follow the army!"

Yue Fei looked at the crowd and announced.

"We will march tomorrow!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment. They had never thought of this possibility. Qi's reaction speed was so fast.

"We're going too?"

Hebule, Jiwusi, Yinan and others asked hurriedly, as they didn't know much about the area further west.

"Didn't you understand what I said? You all must follow the army! The Mongolian, Wanggu, and Naiman tribes must each send out 3,000 elite soldiers, each with three horses. The army must reach Husiwoerduo within 20 days! Anyone who disobeys my order will be executed!"

Yue Fei looked at the three people and said.

The three were shocked and immediately called their personal soldiers and gave quick orders. It was very rushed to reach Hu Siwoerduo within 20 days, not to mention that they had to send someone back to notify, which would waste several days.

After Yue Fei made his announcement, he turned around and left without caring about anything else.

"General Yue!"

An Bahai quickly followed.

"What?"

Yue Fei glanced at An Bahai and asked.

"General Yue, do we need to send more troops? The Seljuks are fighting on their home turf, and they have a lot of people!"

I Bahai opened his mouth and said.

"How many soldiers do you have left?"

Yue Fei looked at my boy and asked.

"We can still gather 10,000 soldiers!"

An Bahai replied that one person needed three horses, and they had to be elite soldiers, which would leave very few soldiers.

"Forget it, three thousand will be enough, march faster!"

Yue Fei shook his head and left.

"We have to go back, we have to go back!"

Ajisi roared in ecstasy. He could finally return to his people.

Ibrahim and Mahmud on the side were also overjoyed, as they could also return to the Karakhanid Khanate.

...Early the next morning, a group of Qi soldiers arrived at the square, where Yelu Dashi's cage was still.

"What are you going to do?"

Yelu Dashi became a little nervous when he saw the soldiers harnessing horses to his prison cart. Sun Lei had not done anything to him during this period, not even interrogating him, which made him feel a little unsure as he didn't know what Sun Lei was trying to do.

"I thought you were fearless? Why are you so nervous now?"

Mi Sheng looked at Yelu Dashi with a sneer.

"Kill me if you can!"

Yelu Dashi felt a little embarrassed just now and immediately became tough again.

"Kill you? Wouldn't that be too easy for you?"

Mi Sheng sneered and waved his hand, asking the soldiers to leave with the prison cart.

By the time they reached the outside of the city, the Qi army had already assembled.

"Army, Sun Lei!"

Yelu Dashi looked at the army assembled outside the city and Sun Lei's flag of the Monkey King.

"Everyone is here! Let's go!"

When Sun Lei saw that everyone was present, he immediately gave the order to set off. He had no habit of following any rituals.

"Sun Lei, where are you going!"

Yelu Dashi originally thought that Sun Lei was going back to the Central Plains and wanted to take him back to humiliate him, but the army was heading west.

The Western Regions are different from the Central Plains. The roads here are very simple, almost all east-west, with no forks or turnbacks.

"You guess!"

Sun Lei looked at Yelu Dashi and said.

"You're going west!"

Yelu Dashi guessed.

"You lost to me. According to the rules, I should take over your territory. The west is also the territory of my Qi State. What's wrong with me going to my own territory?"

Sun Lei said.

"You are the emperor of the Central Plains, you are crazy!"

Yelu Dashi didn't know what to say. As the emperor of Central Plains, Sun Lei's coming to the Western Regions was already a great offense against the world, and now he even wanted to go west.

"When did you care about me so much? Aren't we enemies?"

Sun Lei looked at Yelu Dashi and asked puzzledly.

"I don't care about you, I wish you were dead!"

Yelu Dashi gritted his teeth and said, his face a little hot, because he was a little worried about the chaos in the Central Plains.

"It must be because most of my Khitan people are still in the Central Plains. If the Central Plains were to fall into chaos, my people would probably be wiped out!"

Yelu Dashi thought that he had provoked this war, and if something happened to Sun Lei, the people of Qi would definitely vent their anger on the Khitans, and then their entire clan would probably be wiped out.

"Haha, then just watch!"

Sun Lei smiled indifferently.

"Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be? The West is not as simple as you think!"

Yelu Dashi couldn't help but remind Sun Lei that he had put a lot of effort into establishing Western Liao and understood the difficulties involved best.

"Consequences? There are no consequences. It's nothing more than killing anyone who stands in my way. To tell you the truth, the Seljuks have invaded Hezhong Prefecture!"

Sun Lei said.

"What? They swore an oath, and swore it by their gods!"

Yelu Dashi's face changed. Before he went on the expedition, he had contacted Ahmed Sanjar of the Seljuk Empire, and the other party had promised not to invade Western Liao within a year.

"It looks like you've been fooled. These people can't be trusted!"

Sun Lei smiled.

……

After leaving Gaochang City, the army quickly headed west along the trade route.

After just a few days, I saw the majestic Pamir Mountains. This is a plateau that separates the Western Regions. It is as high as the clouds, hence the name Pamir Mountains.

Sun Lei had no mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery, and led his men into the Wakhan Corridor, although it was described as "no birds flying above, no beasts running below, and it was vast and boundless all around, with no way to predict where to go. The only thing one could do was to look at the sun to indicate east and west, and use human bones to mark the way."

But that was for ordinary travelers. This was a must-go place on the Silk Road, and caravans and horses could pass through. How could it be difficult to travel? As long as there were enough people, this was just an ordinary road. Now that Sun Lei was leading 10,000 elite cavalry, this was even less of a problem.