Yu Chixin was practicing the battle formations of the Yue Family Army in Dashui Gorge. Shang Bo's envoys had already assembled and were heading north from Shazhou.
There are a total of twelve people in the envoy. Shang Bo is the leader of the envoy, and Wang Shixiong and nine other elite adventure players act as bodyguards.
Professor Fang Guoshou serves as consultant and translator, and a Mongolian player named Timur serves as guide.
Originally, Shangbo was planning to find a guide among the aboriginal people, but he didn't expect Timur, a Mongolian player, to come to him on his own initiative.
Timur is from Inner Mongolia, and his parents are diplomats. He lived with his parents in Outer Mongolia for a long time, and once traveled through the entire Outer Mongolia by car.
Today, the Uighur's sphere of influence is probably the area in northern Inner Mongolia plus Outer Mongolia and southern Russia.
The Uighur Tooth Tent is the royal court of the Uighurs, located on the Orkhon River Valley in Mongolia.
Timur was full of confidence and believed that he would be able to bring everyone to their destination. However, Shazhou City could not find a guide who was familiar with the Uighur terrain, so Shangbo had no choice but to recruit Timur as a guide.
Shang Bo held Li Yan's festival banner and headed north directly from Shazhou.
Fang Guoshou held an ancient map and compared it with a modern map.
Timur sat next to him with his head lowered, while being sprayed by Fang Guoshou:
"You also said that you knew the road, but you got lost as soon as you left Shazhou. If you keep going like this, you will never reach the Uighur Tooth Tent in this life."
Timur lowered his head and said: "Stop scolding Mr. Fang, I didn't know there was such a big change between the game and reality!"
"Can there not be big changes? A thousand years of vicissitudes of life, what path have you led?"
Shang Bo had a headache. Professor Fang Guoshou had a very fiery temper. In the game, he gained a young and healthy body, and his fighting power soared even more.
Shang Bo even suspected that Cui Tao asked his mentor to join this mission just so that he could clear his ears.
Shang Bo really regrets that he found Timur, an unreliable guide, and Fang Guoshou, a super troll.
However, Fang Guoshou only wanted to criticize Timur, and Shang Bo also wanted to criticize him. Under Fang Guoshou's correction, the team finally took the official road.
"It's better to go to Gaochang City to recuperate." Shang Bo didn't want to go to Gaochang City at first, but seeing the state of the team, he decided to go to Gaochang City to rest and recuperate.
Fang Guoshou nodded and said: "Gaochang is the seat of Xizhou, and the governor of Xizhou, Li Xiuzhang, is also a loyal man. When the Tibetans attacked Gaochang a few years later, the governor of Xizhou, Li Xiuzhang, also insisted on resisting the Tibetans together with the people in the city and vowed not to surrender. In the end
Hammered to death by the Tubo people."
Everyone sighed, and Fang Guoshou added: "Gaochang was originally the capital of the ancient Gaochang Kingdom, and its geographical location was very important. During the Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong sent Hou Junji to lead five thousand Qingqi to cross the vast sea overnight and destroy the Gaochang Kingdom."
"After Zhenguan, the Tang court established counties in Gaochang, taking the old land of Gaochang as Xizhou, Gaochang was the administrative seat of Xizhou, and appointed the prefect to manage Gaochang."
It turns out that Gaochang still has this history. Shang Bo asked again: "Mr. Fang, are there any allusions to Gaochang?"
Although Professor Fang has a hot temper, he is indeed very knowledgeable and has all kinds of historical allusions at his fingertips.
Fang Guoshou said: "Everyone in Gaochang believes in Buddhism, and Ju Wentai, the last king of Gaochang, is also a famous person."
"Never heard of it."
Fang Guoshou said: "During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Xuanzang traveled westward and was hunted by the Tang Dynasty along the way. After arriving in Gaochang Kingdom, Ju Wentai treated Xuanzang with great courtesy and even built a high tower for Master Xuanzang to live in."
Timur interrupted and said: "Wait a minute, Mr. Fang, that's not what Journey to the West says. Journey to the West doesn't say that Monk Tang and Li Shimin became sworn brothers. How could the emperor's younger brother be hunted down by the Tang Dynasty?"
Fang Guoshou sighed and said: "I'm talking about Xuanzang, not Journey to the West. When Xuanzang traveled to the west, he left the country illegally, and his sworn sworn brother was just a rumor in Journey to the West."
Fang Guoshou continued: "It was said that they were sworn sworn disciples. At that time, the leader of Gaochang Kingdom, Ju Wentai, was sworn sworn brother to Xuanzang. Ju Wentai wanted to ask Xuanzang to stay in Gaochang to teach Buddhism, but Xuanzang went on a hunger strike to protest and was determined not to stay in Gaochang.
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"Later, Ju Wentai was moved by Xuanzang's devotion to the Buddha, and helped Xuanzang write letters to the kings of the twenty-eight kingdoms in the Western Regions, and then used Gaochang's army to escort Xuanzang out of Gaochang."
"But Ju Wentai and Xuanzang agreed that when Xuanzang returns from studying Buddhist scriptures, they will teach Buddhism in Gaochang for three years."
Timur heard this interestingly, raised his ears and asked: "Mr. Fang, what happens next?"
Fang Guoshou sighed and said: "By the time Xuanzang returned from studying for Buddhist scriptures, Gaochang had been destroyed by Taizong, and Ju Wentai had already died of fear when the Tang army unexpectedly attacked Gaochang."
"History is really full of ironies. When Xuanzang left the Tang Dynasty to seek Buddhist scriptures, he was arrested by the border troops. King Gaochang was still the leader of a country and was powerful in the Western Regions."
"When Xuanzang returned, he was warmly welcomed by the Tang Dynasty. He was regarded as a national advisor and welcomed into Xijing. However, the leader of Gaochang was already dead and the country was destroyed."
Everyone sighed for a while, and Shang Bo asked again: "What happened next?"
Fang Guoshou said: "Historical records show that a few years later Longyou was besieged by the Tibetans, Li Xiuzhang, the governor of Xizhou, died in battle, and Gaochang fell into the hands of the Tibetans."
"Later, Tubo and the Uighurs fought, and Gaochang changed hands to the Uighurs, and then nothing happened."
Hearing this, the team fell silent again.
A few simple historical materials, but behind them is the tragedy of millions of Han people in Longyou.
"We are here to change this," Shangbo said.
"Well, we can definitely change these!"
The group cheered up again, and finally saw the golden light on the top of the pagoda in Gaochang City the next morning.
When everyone saw Gaochang City, everyone couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's so beautiful!"
"Quick, quick, turn on the game recording! This Gaochang City is so beautiful!" Shangbo immediately asked everyone to turn on the in-game recording function.
Behind the towering city walls are towering pagodas, and the golden pagodas shine brightly in the morning sun.
Not only inside the city, there are also dense pagodas outside the city. Outside the city, you can see many monks wearing loose robes.
From a distance, you can see the tall stone buildings in Gaochang City, with colorful stones attached to them.
Even the city walls of Gaochang are different from those of the Han people. The round domes of the turrets have a strong Western style.
Fang Guoshou exclaimed: "It's so beautiful! It's exactly like the Gaochang City I imagined. It's worthy of being the pearl of the Hexi Corridor and the City of Thousand Buddhas!"
Shang Bo and others took out their passes and entered the city. Originally, Shang Bo was just planning to find a place to stay in Gaochang City for one night, and continue northward after replenishing supplies. However, he did not expect to be taken to the Governor's Mansion by soldiers.