Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1174 Monk Xu

Dashiyi.

Yi Cheng has been standing on the watchtower of the post gate and looking at it, and he is restless that day.

"Yi Cheng, King Xiao Yan is out, those thieves should be worried." The postman who guarded the gate turned his head and said to the postman on the watchtower behind him.

On their part of the Silk Road, the name of King Xiao Yan was passed on by word of mouth. Everyone has long been accustomed to King Xiao Yan's greatness. Even with King Xiao Yan and his team of stabbing soldiers around, everyone sleeps more soundly every night.

"You boy, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous. I heard that they are three hundred Turkic horse thieves."

Fifty battles and three hundred, even if you can win the battle, I'm afraid you will kill three thousand enemies and injure yourself eight hundred.Everyone is used to Xiao Yanwang and his team of patrolling cavalry, and it would be sad to lose one of them.

"I'm coming."

"Where is it?" The postman looked left and right, but saw nothing.

"The reflection of the bright light armor."

At this time, the sun was setting on the western mountain, and there was still the last ray of light. Xiao Yanwang and the others finally came back. They had just experienced a bloody battle and learned that there was deeper water behind them. No one dared to camp in the wild, so they hurried back.

Looking far away from Yicheng Station, he was the first to see the returning team.

"Hurry up, open the post gate, prepare to welcome Team Xiao and their triumphant return, and also, let the back kitchen quickly prepare meals and hot water."

Stepping on the last twilight of the sunset, Captain Xiao and the others finally came back.

There were fifty riders when we went, and fifty riders when we came back, but nearly half of them were injured, but fortunately, the injuries were not serious. The most serious one was that a brother had two fingers cut off by a Turkic knife.

The people who came back were very tired.

There were more than 100 caravans leaving in the morning, but 36 people were missing at this time, 28 businessmen and fellows, and eight guards were killed.

The 36 corpses were lined up in the yard of the post station, with the heads of nearly 120 Turkic thieves piled up next to them, and more than [-] Turkic captives tied in a string.

"Damn Turkic thief."

Yicheng was amazed.

Xiao Dui was crossing his hands at Yi Cheng, "Old Ma, please help me deliver a letter to Commander Xu in Kubera City."

"No problem." The old horse said immediately.

Kubera City is in the northeast of Dashiyi, and in the east of Pachang Fort.Going out from the capital city of Kucha, crossing the Baima River, and then 120 miles to the west, there is Kubera City. This city should be in the north of Kubera Qi, hence the name.

In addition, there is a Daqin army city. The Xiao team is just under the commander Xu of Kubera city. Commander Xu of Kubera city has ten patrol teams and [-] light cavalry.

Lao Ma waited for Captain Xiao to finish writing the military situation, and personally selected Zhao San, the rider with the best riding skills in the station, and then asked him to choose the best horse in the stable in the station.

"Although it's getting dark, this military situation is very important. You don't have to send it to Commander Xu in Kubera City as quickly as possible. Don't hand over at the post station along the way, and send it directly to Kubera City."

Zhao San muttered that this was very hard work, and then he still accepted the letter.

"Go quickly, I will give you a credit for this, Xiao Yanwang will miss you too."

Zhao San is worthy of being the best postman in Dashi Station. He drove all night, even did not rest at Fengbao all the way, and delivered it directly to Jupiluo City.

At midnight, it has been delivered.

Kubera City was built on the edge of the desert, between the capital of Kucha and the important town of Bahuan City, guarding the silk road in the middle line, with the Baima River originating from the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the north, and the desert moraine in the south.

An isolated city stands, and the red flag is flying.

Zhao San knocked on the door in the middle of the night.

The commanding envoy's surname was Xu, and his name was Monk Xu, because he was indeed a monk in the past. He was a Shaolin monk soldier.

He can be regarded as a person who has won the emperor's trust. He has stayed with the emperor for several years, and now he is serving as a commander. In fact, he is here to exercise.

In fact, he used to be a five-rank imperial guard with a knife, and now he is down as a commander.Generally, infantry commanders are only seven ranks, cavalry commanders are rank seven, and patrol light cavalry commanders on the Anxi frontier are one level higher, but they are only rank six.But from bodyguard to command envoy, this is indeed a real experience, a good experience will have a brighter future.

Monk Xu arrived in Anxi for one year, commanded five hundred light cavalry, and stationed at Kubera City. He was patrolling the section of the Silk Road between Kubera City and Kucha King City and Bahuan City. This monk Xu was outstanding in martial arts. Caring for the soldiers, the performance is still good, and won the respect of the patrols below.

Monk Xu, who had already fallen asleep, heard the news and got up with his clothes on.

After he finished reading Xiao Yanwang's report, he couldn't help but look solemn.

"Immediately summon the officers above the head of the city squadron to discuss matters."

In the middle of the night, they called for a discussion, and the officers who stayed in the city did not dare to neglect.

There are ten patrol teams in Kubera City, and usually two to three patrol teams are kept at home to guard the city. In addition, there are military camps and some civilian villages outside the city, which are the families of the soldiers of the commander.

"Commander, what happened?"

"Xiao Jin just sent someone to report overnight, saying that today a 300-man Shatuo cavalry attacked our caravan of more than 36 people and killed 180 people. Xiao Jin led the third patrol team to pursue it. In the small oasis, we found the camp of the thieves, a bloody battle, killed [-] thieves, captured [-] thieves, and successfully rescued more than [-] people from the caravan."

All the officers were very surprised.

"Xiao Jin can't be causing trouble, right? How could Shatuo Turks dare to cause trouble here?"

"That's right, Sha Tuo is still at Gaochang's side."

Monk Xu coughed, and everyone immediately fell silent.

"I know Xiao Jin. He never causes trouble, let alone cheats. I believe him. Now the problem is not only the three hundred Turkic cavalry, but the confession of these Turkic captives that they were hired by the prince of Qiuci. .”

Hearing this, the faces of a group of soldiers all became serious.

At first, I thought that a group of bold Turkic people who didn't know what to do came out of nowhere, but I didn't expect that Prince Qiuci was behind the scenes.

"Commander, if this is the case, this matter will be serious."

Kucha State owns more than [-] large and small cities, and has a military force of [-] to [-], which is one of the best strengths in the Western Regions.

Monk Xu snorted coldly, "It's nothing serious or not. If you dare to mess with us, you will be courting death. Xiao Jin had already said in his letter that he had learned from the captives that the prince of Qiuci was at the source of the Tuchang River, fifty miles past the Bodaling Pass. in the city of Dundor."

"Dunduo City? Is this prince the son of King Qiuci? He knows how to choose a place. It is 120 miles away from Dashicheng in the south, more than [-] miles away from Bahuan City, and you can go to Daqingchi (Rehai) in the north. Go to Suiye City and enter the northern line of the Silk Road."

"Commander, Dundo City is already outside our jurisdiction."

Dundo City is on the north side of the Bodaling Pass, north of the Tianshan Mountains. Therefore, Dundo City is not only not within the jurisdiction of their Kubera City Commander, it is not even within the jurisdiction of the cavalry patrolling the entire Silk Road centerline.

(End of this chapter)