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Chapter 279 Hanged by the roadside

The envoys from all over the place ran very fast, and Yang Xuan set off a little later.According to the rules, he first went to the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to listen to some guidance, and then made a request.

"The lower official wants a decree."

"What purpose?"

"Let the southern border army attack and attack the Southern Zhou Dynasty's will!"

Zhu Wei smiled and said, "Threatening Nan Zhou? Good idea, but useless."

"It's always good to try."

With the decree in hand, a secret order was sent to the southern border at the same time... The decree in the messenger's hand was a bluff.

After Yang Xuan returned to his residence, he opened the scroll and studied it carefully...

"Suzaku, open the loom history..."

……

Outside the city gate, Nian Ziyue's motorcade was waiting.

"Chang'an specialty products are filled with dozens of carts." The old thief said, "Tite mother is rich."

Wang Laoer blinked, "Lang Jun snatched her here, so I don't have to work hard in the future."

Zhang Jing came over, her long legs were unforgettable, "I met Yang Zhengshi."

Yang Xuan nodded, and Zhang Jing said: "I also ask Yang Zheng to take care of you during this trip."

"It's easy to say." Yang Xuan pointed to the convoy, "But there are too many carts waiting for you to accompany you."

"I'm going to be optimistic about the team."

"That's good."

Then the regiment merged Nian Ziyue's return team and set off.

……

In spring, the southern border is full of green, and the birds are running around the branches happily, chirping.The squirrel was lying in the hole, holding a nut in its two paws, and was about to chew on it with its sharp teeth when it heard the sound of horseshoes.It took a peek...

More than two hundred cavalrymen were quietly coming out from the side mountain road. They were dressed in armor, but the regulations were a bit chaotic.But the weapons are not bad.

The leading man raised his hand and reined in his horse.

"Honey, what did you find?" one of the leaders under his command stepped forward and asked.

The leading man looked at the official road in front of him, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes, "The people from above said that the mission would pass by here today, but I sent a sentry half an hour in advance, but I haven't reported back yet."

"Nan Zhou people can't be trusted!" The leader said angrily, "They are using us."

"Everyone knows that we are being used, but apart from being used, what else can we do?" Huo Ni said calmly: "Being able to be used means that we are still valuable. When we abandon us, we are mud, mud that cannot support the wall, mud that anyone can trample on."

The leader scolded: "It's not a good thing!"

Huoni looked into the distance with bleak eyes, "We have been in southern Xinjiang for generations. The Southern Zhou Dynasty beat us, the Tang Dynasty beat us, and enslaved us. Why? No one treats us as their own. Keep us from getting into trouble..."

"This is unfair!" The leader's eyes turned red, "After the southern border is conquered, we can also enslave them. At that time, I will sleep with those delicate Tang women and kill those proud Tang men!"

Doni smiled and said: "At that time, we will establish a country, you and I are both founding heroes, and we can be knighted..."

The spring breeze blows, and the years are quiet.

The roar of unknown beasts in the distance shattered their longing.

Several riders came at a gallop.

"They are here."

"Half an hour late." Huo Ni sneered.

He turned around and glanced at his subordinates. In order to avoid the interception of the Tang army in Southern Xinjiang, they walked on remote mountain roads, and lost some brothers on the road.

"Rest, eat something, drink water!"

Everyone dismounted.

The leader said: "The higher-ups have explained how to do it, killing them all or what?"

"Leave some people to report back."

"They have two hundred horses."

"That's Chang'an's watchdog. It's useless. I can defeat them with fifty cavalry." Huo Ni said confidently.

……

When they arrived in the south, because the convoy accompanied by Nian Ziyue was too slow, the mission decisively left them, and the two sides kept a certain distance.

This is a good thing for missions who don't want to be spied on by the Southern Zhou people.

And the Southern Zhou motorcade doesn't matter, Nian Ziyue's carriage is luxurious and has everything in it, so it's just a trip to the mountains and rivers.

"When I first came to Datang, I was apprehensive. I didn't know what was waiting for me in Chang'an. Now that I'm back, I don't feel like returning home."

Nian Ziyue Lingxiu's eyes were full of embarrassment.

Zhang Jing knelt and sat on the other side, her body moved slightly with the bumps of the carriage, "Princess, it's just a political dispute in the country, Your Majesty can suppress the situation."

Nian Ziyue nodded, "When I was still in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, my father often stayed up late, looking at the paperwork and taxes from various places, and his brows were tightly frowned. I didn't know until later that my father felt a crisis."

Zhang Jing sighed: "Princess, if Nan Zhou faces the Great Tang directly, if he is willing to be mediocre, he will be annexed by the Great Tang sooner or later."

"That's why we've been working with Beiliao and sending them a lot of money every year." Nian Ziyue pouted.

Zhang Jing noticed her little gesture, and said with a smile: "This is also a check and balance."

"Princess." Shen Shen rode over from outside.

"What's the matter?" Nian Ziyue lifted the curtain of the car.

Shen Shen said: "The scenery ahead is good, princess, do you want to stop and have a look?"

Nian Ziyue glanced ahead, and saw green mountains, small rivers flowing beside the road, and some small yellow flowers by the river, densely extending to the distance.

It's really beautiful.

But she shook her head, "Let's hurry."

She put down the car curtain, and then Zhang Jing found an excuse to go out.

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Jing found Shen Shen.

With a heavy smile, he said, "A while ago, I received news from the middle school... The faction that supports the New Deal and the faction that opposes it are inextricably fighting. Your Majesty has relegated more than ten people, but it is still unstoppable."

Zhang Jing was startled, "What if?"

Shen Shen said: "We can't interfere in state affairs, but Bianjing has come to order us to try our best to prevent the Tang Dynasty mission from coming."

Has the political struggle in the country come to this level?Zhang Jing's heart was slightly cold, "You want to do it?"

With a heavy smile, the cloud is light and the wind is light, "My hands are clean."

"Rebels."

"You are a smart man." Looking at Zhang Jing heavily, "a smart man should know that there are some things not to say, especially with the princess."

"Princess will not leak."

"But the princess had a relationship with Yang Xuan before."

"That's just the duty."

The heavy eyes suddenly became more serious, "If I was here, how could I let Yang Xuan get close to the princess? You! You are so stupid!"

Zhang Jing looked up, "Who would have thought that a county lieutenant could become an envoy?"

"Whether you think about it or not, you shouldn't have let the Tang people get close to the princess in the first place."

"But you didn't stop the conversation between the princess and Yang Xuan along the way."

"If I stop it, I'm trying to cover it up!"

Zhang Jing took a deep breath, "What are you planning?"

Shen Shen said in a low voice: "There will be some surprises waiting for the Tang Mission. We will rush there later, and we can help them collect a corpse."

Zhang Jing was surprised, "You!"

Heavy eyes were cold and stern, "The only way to stop them from going to the Southern Zhou Dynasty is to kill them! Kill them until they are scared!"

……

Southern Xinjiang is so mountainous that some literati said with emotion: "Poor mountains and bad waters."

Coupled with the fact that the people in southern Xinjiang are full of wildness, Datang has regarded this place as a semi-wild area for many years.If Nan Zhou was not right ahead, Nan Jiang would probably become a forgotten corner.

"It's said that there are poor mountains and rivers, but in the eyes of the old man, they are beautiful. The so-called poor mountains and rivers are just talking about inconvenient transportation and poor people." Qin Jian couldn't help but sighed as he looked at the beautiful mountains and rivers.

This is Yuanzhou.

Further forward is the place where the southern Xinjiang garrison is dense.

Yang Xuan took a look at the landscapes that he was used to, "I used to look at these landscapes and thought they were ordinary. After experiencing many places, I realized that throwing a piece of the landscape here to the north will attract literati and poets."

Qin Jian nodded, "That's true. The mountains and rivers are beautiful!"

"Cuckoo!"

The sound of birdsong in the forest came from time to time.

Turning around here, the official road ahead is quite spacious.

Zhang Ruo saw the mountain road beside him, and ordered: "Look at the mountain road."

Qin Jian smiled and said, "This is still Yuanzhou, and the rebels are still far away."

Cheng Rance came up immediately, "Deputy envoy Qin, do these rebels have a name for their rebellion?"

"It's unbearable to pay taxes." Qin Jian sighed: "There are a lot of soldiers in the southern border. Now that the military system is corrupt, the frontiers can only collect taxes and raise soldiers by themselves. The more soldiers there are, the higher the taxes will be. These rebels... ...When the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty suppressed the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the taxes collected were higher than they are now, and they did not show their teeth."

"Southern Zhou agitation." Cheng Ran said a word, omitting the rest.

Everyone knows what he said next.

Datang weakened.

But at this moment, everyone in Chang'an City is singing the prosperity and peace. Who dare not have eyes to shout that the Tang Dynasty is in danger, and then prepare to go to the northern or southern Xinjiang to become an official, and never return to Guanzhong for the rest of their lives.

Yan Cheng shouted at the beginning, and was assassinated outside the palace city afterwards.

Yang Xuan couldn't help thinking of that stubborn old man.

He should know that he is the emperor's pawn, but he has no hesitation.

The history books sent by Yan Cheng are still in Yang Xuan's luggage, and he often reads them in the long night.Whenever he saw Yan Cheng's message, Yang Xuan felt confident.

This Great Tang has never lacked loyal and brave men. As long as the emperor does not commit stupidity, this Great Tang will once again dominate the Central Plains, frightening the foreigners!

Qin Jian said with a sneer, "Nan Zhou paid money and sent troops in the back. I really think that Tang Dynasty is a fool."

The birdsong stopped suddenly.

Zhang Ruo stared at the mountain road on the left, "Be alert!"

At the same time, he already has a horse in hand.

Da da da!
The sound of horseshoes suddenly became dense, Zhang Ruo looked back at Yang Xuan, "Protect the envoy!"

Zhang Ruo prepared to attack with two hundred riders.

Yang Xuan stared at the mountain road, and slowly pulled out the horizontal knife.

The first rebel rushed out. He held up his spear and shouted: "The mission is here!"

Qin Jian's face was slightly pale, but he said calmly: "Please send the envoy to come behind the old man."

Cheng Ran nodded, "The envoy, please come behind the lower official."

In the mission, the messenger is the incarnation of Datang.Even if there are only two people left in the end, that person must stand in front of the messenger until he falls down.

Do not allow the enemy to confront the Messenger.

This is the rule of the mission!
It is also Datang's blood!

Yang Xuan pulled out the horizontal saber, "Zhang Ruo!"

"Here!" Zhang Ruo held up his horse and looked back to listen to the order.

"Protect the mission, and prepare the bow and arrow."

Zhang Ruo was stunned, "Yang Zhengshi, the defense will be broken by the enemy one by one."

"Who said I want to defend!?"

Yang Xuance immediately stepped forward, "Wuda!"

"exist!"

This time, Yang Xuan brought twenty cavalry led by Wu Da.

"Follow me!"

Uda drew his sword.

Twenty guards drew their swords.

"Yang Zhengshi!" At this moment, there are more and more rebels rushing out of the mountain path, almost two hundred, Qin Jian's complexion finally changed, "Don't be reckless!"

Yang Xuan rode his horse and rushed past him, "Let's see my Beijiang Erlang kill the enemy!"

Zhang Ruo's face was livid, "Yang Zhengshi..."

"Prepare your bow and arrows." The rebels were already approaching.

Doomed!

Zhang Ruo gritted his teeth and shouted, "Fire the arrow!"

After a wave of arrow rain, they had no time to counterattack and could only defend.

This wave of arrow rain covered the past, and more than forty rebels fell.The result was good, but more than a dozen arrows fell lightly in the middle.

After Tang Jun released his arrows, he immediately retracted his bow and drew his sword. This time was enough for the rebels to attack.

Huo Ni was ecstatic, "Kill!"

When Tang Jun drew out his sword, the weapons of the rebels had already fallen on them.

No wonder the above said that except for the frontier army, Datang's army is a bunch of clubs!
The rebels were overjoyed.

"Get out of the way!"

Tang Junzhong dodged a passage.

Yiqi rushed out first.

It turned out to be wearing the clothes of a civil servant.

Huoni was taken aback, then laughed loudly, "Capture him alive!"

A rebel rushed up.

Just a knife.

The head was flying in the air, and when it turned around, it looked at Huoni in disbelief.

Behind him, more than twenty riders followed quickly.

Qin Jian knew that Yang Xuan had commanded the war of extermination of the clan in northern Xinjiang, but commanding and fighting were two different things.

Seeing Yang Xuan rushing up, he gritted his teeth and said: "The old man is not dead yet, it's not the envoy's turn to charge, follow the old man!"

Trembling, Cheng Ran drew out the horizontal knife: "Damn it! Hurry up, kill one by one!"

The civil servants flocked.

But when they rushed to the front, what they saw was a massacre.

Yang Xuan took the lead, the old thief and Wang Laoer closely followed, followed by twenty guards.

Qin Jian could only see blood spattering as Yang Xuan charged forward.

"This……"

The old thief killed the enemy and slipped away, constantly harvesting lives on the left side of Yang Xuan.

Wang Lao Er continued to slash and kill on the right side, grabbing heads and throwing them behind him from time to time, "Go on."

But this trip was not reimbursed by Lao Liu, and his head was chopped off for nothing.

Twenty riders are even more proficient in bow and horse, rushing all the way to the past, like Tang Woxue.

Honi is just ahead.

He was stunned, and the leader beside him said: "Huo Ni, this is the elite of the Tang army! We have been fooled! Get out!"

Two hundred Tang troops have already been dispatched.

Yang Xuan shouted, "Turn around, block the mountain road, kill them all!"

Zhang Ruo dispatched a team of cavalry to block the mountain road, and led the rest of the troops to clean up the rebels who were dispersed by Yang Xuan and the others.

Huoni pulled out his long knife, his eyes were sad, "Those people above should be damned, they sent false news. We have no way out, kill!"

He drew his knife and rushed forward, but the leader turned around quietly.

Huoni stared at Yang Xuan.

kill him!

Knife light flashed.

Huo Ni fell heavily.

He sighed, looking at Yang Xuan and his guards, just like the petty officials who were chasing taxes back then, chasing and killing his subordinates viciously.

The accompanying Tang army suffered casualties, which were still under the siege of superior forces.

Qin Jian and others also came, and surrounded the single rebels with a burst of hacking and killing.

When the eyeballs of the killer turned red, Qin Jian looked around, but couldn't find a single rebel.

He rushed over on a horse.

It was Yang Xuan.

Cheng Ran praised: "What a Yang Zhengshi!"

Yang Xuan ordered: "Send scouts to the front to investigate."

Then there was torture and interrogation.

"kill me!"

Huoni was stabbed in the chest, he smiled and said, "I won't say anything!"

The old thief came with a small knife, and the ancestral meat-cutting skills were amazing again.

"what!"

Qin Jian and the others who heard the miserable howling were horrified, and the strips of human flesh were even more disgusting, but Yang Xuan remained calm.

Wang Laoer squatted on the side, and said dejectedly: "Liu Shijun is gone, what should I do with my head?"

When Huoni was dying, the old thief turned his head and shook his head, "This man is tough."

Yang Xuan came over.

Huo Ni smiled and said, "I..."

The light of the knife flashed, and Huoni's head fell to the side, with a look of astonishment.

"Too much nonsense!"

Yang Xuan withdrew his knife.

Zhang Ruo came over with a look of admiration in his eyes, "Yang Zhengshi, how to deal with those prisoners?"

You can keep it and throw it to Tang Jun in front... Qin Jian wanted to propose, but when she saw Yang Xuan's blood-splattered face, she consciously shut up.

"Hanging by the roadside!"

(End of this chapter)