Capture the King in the Desert

Introduction to the work "Capturing the King in the Desert" In the twelfth lunar month of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, a secret decree was sent to the Anxi Protectorate: King Loulan colluded with the Western Turks and smuggled arms. The emperor was furious and ordered King Loulan to be captured alive and taken to Chang'an. Captain Li Chengfeng led a hundred and eight elite cavalry to attack Loulan at night. The key lies in Shen Mo, a hidden stakeholder who has been lurking for ten years. He used the pseudonym "Kang Mo" and pretended to be a businessman and took root in Loulan, married a wife and had a daughter. Over the past ten years, he secretly drew defense plans and passed on information, but gradually forgot about Chang'an. He couldn't tell whether he was Shen Mo or Kang Mo. High Priest Luo He is a key insider, selling information in the name of "saving Loulan" at the cost of ascending to the throne after the deed is accomplished. His daughter Duoxia accidentally copied the four Chinese characters "Datang, Anxi, Mizhi, and Loulan" in her father's study, and got a glimpse of the secret of Loulan's overthrow. On the night of the winter solstice, the sound of the konghou had not stopped, and the cavalry had climbed over the wall and entered the palace. King Loulan was captured, and the queen only left a message: "The Tang Dynasty has come and gone, but Loulan is still there." Satsuma, the commander of the imperial guards, did not die in a bloody battle. He was left alive by the sentence "Don't kill those who can't be killed", and also left an unfinished story. After the incident was over, Shen Mo gave up the reward, let "Shen Mo" die, and stayed in Loulan to accompany his daughter in the name of "Kang Mo". The first Chinese sentence that nine-year-old Shen Xiaoyu learned was "go home" - but the home she meant was Loulan. About loyalty, identity and belonging. There is no right or wrong, only names that were buried in the sand and dust in the long wind of the desert and awakened by memory.