The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 95 Shicheng
After getting into the carriage, Xuan Shijing looked back at the courtyard where he had lived for more than ten years, and after looking at it for a long time, he put down the curtain and ordered Gao Jun to start on his way.

After leaving the town, Gao Jun pulled the rein, turned around and asked, "Young Master, shall we go directly back to Chang'an?"

Xuan Shijing lifted the curtain of the car, got out, sat on the other side of Gao Jun, and said: "No, go to Boxian Town first, and then go to Shicheng. Brother Chu Mo is stationed in Shicheng with troops, first go to visit him for a while." fan."

"Young Lord, speaking of Young Lord Cheng leading troops to garrison Shicheng, I heard that the nine-surnamed Turkic people are not living in peace recently. Is it possible that there is going to be a war in the northwest border again?" Gao Jun said.

Xuan Shijing smiled: "If the Turkic people can survive in peace, they will be called descendants of wolves in vain. Now that the Tang Dynasty is in peace, those veterans want to fight like crazy. As long as their army dares to enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty One step, what awaits them is a catastrophe of genocide."

"Little Lord, don't tell me, although the people in the Tang Dynasty are already getting enough food and clothing, but the people on the grasslands always depend on the sky for their food. In order to plunder a morsel of food, they can do anything."

"The tribes on the grassland, whether they are Turkic, Guli, or Huihe, are all dogs. If they are not completely maimed, they will not remember the horror of the Tang Dynasty. This is called Remember to beat or not to eat."

"Young Master, you didn't expect to go to the army and get some credit back." Gao Jun said with a smile.

Just halfway through speaking, Gao Jun's head was slapped hard: "Gao Jun, if you continue to confuse the young master like this, I will fight with you, but there is only one seedling in our house, the young master, how dangerous you are on the battlefield!" I do not know."

"Yes, yes, yes, auntie, I know I was wrong." Gao Jun quickly admitted that Long'er's strength was not something he could match, and when confronted with Long'er, he could only run away, but in this carriage , Where can he escape to?

"You said that the two of you who fight and fight all day are just a pair of happy lovers. Why can't you talk about marriage properly?" Xuan Shijing joked, Gao Jun and Long'er's lifelong event, Xuan Shi Jing Ke has been thinking about it, if Gao Jun was in Chang'an at this age, he should have a second child.

"Hmph!" Long'er snorted coldly: "I will marry no one and I will not marry a monkey."

Gao Jun smiled wryly: "It's just right, if I marry you, then I will never be able to turn around again."

Then the two began to bicker in the carriage again.

Boxian Town is located on the edge of the desert, about one day's journey away from Shicheng. It has been more than four days since the three of them left Khotan Town in a carriage, and they have been walking in the desert. Can afford the consumption of three people.

From a distance, I could see the outline of Boxian Town, but before I got to the town, I saw groups of people fleeing in a hurry.

"What's wrong?" Xuan Shijing was puzzled.

Gao Jun stopped the carriage, jumped off, stepped forward to stop a person and asked: "What happened, you are from Boxian Town, why are you all running away?"

The man shook off Gao Jun's hand: "What else can you do if you don't run, now the Tubo army has reached Shicheng, if you don't run, you will die." After speaking, he tightened his revenge and continued to run west.

Going back to the carriage, Gao Jun jumped into the carriage and said, "Young Master, the Turks with the nine surnames did not call, but the Tubo people have entered the country."

"Tubo people? Why did they go to the territory of Tang Dynasty and attack Shicheng?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"What else can you do for food? If you don't go down the mountain to grab food, you don't have to starve to death. Tell me, there are robbers who can't get enough to eat around the Tang Dynasty." Speaking of this, Gao Jun was also a little depressed, and then asked : "Little Lord, don't go forward if we want to, turn around and avoid it."

Xuan Shijing shook his head: "No, let's not stop, go directly to Shicheng, brother Chumo is still in Shicheng, isn't it?"

Gao Jun nodded, and then the horse whip flicked a whip flower in the air, and there was an empty sound, and the carriage moved forward slowly again.

After passing Boxian Town, the carriage galloped all the way. It was already night when we arrived at Shicheng, and the gates of Shicheng had already been closed. Open the city gate, not to mention that it is a tense period of confrontation with Tubo.

Generally, the camp of the army is stationed five miles outside the stone city. They can attack when they advance, and they can defend the city when they retreat. The three of them have been driving for five days in a row, and they must find a place to rest. Now, Xuan Shi Jing had no choice but to let Gao Jun drive to find Cheng Chumo's camp.

Walking around the south of Shicheng for about five miles, I saw a snow-white camp, and there was still a faint fire in the camp. With the faint fire, Xuan Shijing could clearly see the dark Tang Tang floating in the mid-air of the camp. The word banner.

The carriage accelerated, and before it reached the camp, it was stopped by soldiers guarding the camp.

"Stop, someone."

Gao Jun stopped the carriage and looked at Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing took off the jade badge from his waist and threw it to the sergeant guarding the camp: "Go and report to your general that Marquis Xuanwei is visiting." After speaking, he quietly waited on the Macheng for the sergeant to report.

After a while, a burly figure in battle armor and with a horizontal knife on his waist appeared in Xuan Shijing's sight.

"Is it really Shijing?" Before anyone arrived, he heard the voice first.

As soon as he heard this heroic voice, he knew that this person was Cheng Yaojin's eldest son, Cheng Chumo.

Compared with more than ten years ago, Cheng Chumo has completely lost his childishness and has become much more stable. He has also grown a short beard on his chin. In terms of body shape, he looks like Cheng Yaojin, with big arms and round waist. Even his temperament is almost the same. It's not a military uniform. It looks uncertain and people think it's a bandit who came down from some mountain.

"If it's fake, brother Chumo." Xuan Shijing jumped off the carriage, and the two embraced together regardless of the dust all over their bodies.

"Go, go in and talk." Cheng Chumo greeted Xuan Shijing, waved his big hand, and signaled the soldiers guarding the camp to move away the rejected horses at the door and put the carriage in.

The night was not yet deep, the sergeants in the camp were eating, Xuan Shijing ordered Gao Jun to settle down the carriage with the accompanying sergeants, and followed Cheng Chumo to find a place to sit down.

The kitchen stoves in the army are very crudely built. They are said to be stoves, that is, they are surrounded by a pile of stones, with a fire in the middle, and wooden frames are built around them, and iron pots are hung on the wooden frames.

At this time, there was broth in the pot, without adding any seasoning, it was just stewed like this, with a little coarse salt sprinkled in it, even so, the aroma still lingered around Xuan Shijing's nose.

"Shijing, I haven't seen you for more than ten years. I heard that you were poisoned in Chang'an and left Kunlun ten years ago. I didn't hear about it until I returned to Chang'an. Since I came to Longyou, I They sent several groups of people to look for you, but none were found, how are you doing now, have you fully recovered?" Cheng Chumo looked Xuan Shijing up and down.

"Thanks to everyone, it's all over. I have also been recuperating with Daoist Yuan for more than ten years. I am not in good health, so I hurried back to Chang'an. I heard that Brother Chu Mo was stationed here with troops, so I stopped by to have a look. "Xuan Shijing said.

(End of this chapter)