Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 3 The Madman's Friend

White Horse Beach is located by a clear stream.

In the early days, most of the caravans set out from Yele City, along the Unbearable Ridge, Qingshan Ridge, through Jianmo Valley and over Congling Ridge to the extreme west. Before crossing Congling Ridge, they would all come here to camp and rest.

At that time, it was also the time when the national power of the Tang Dynasty was the strongest and the military front was the most powerful. In the vast sea, there were fortresses such as Jianmo, Qingshan, and Qingling, and beacons such as Sudufeng and Huaquanfeng, all of which were guarded by Congling. The guard of the city is under the jurisdiction.

The small earthen castle where Yinniang started killing just now was the beacon tower set up by Datang when the Hanhai trade road was at its busiest.

If it is not abandoned, there will be a commander-in-chief leading five or six soldiers to garrison the fields.

It's a pity that later on, several of the vassal states on Congling either colluded with the former Baiyi Dashi, or colluded with Tubo and Western Turkic tribes to rebel.

Datang sent his troops to conquer and fight, destroying the trade route in Hanhai.As a result, most of the caravans going back and forth between Dashi and Datang come from Rehai in the north of Congling.

Tang also gave up the suzerainty over several small countries on the Congling Ridge because the national strength was not as good as before.

In the entire Anxi Protectorate, there are only four military towns left: Yele, Guishu, Yuzi, and Sutian. Including the attached Hu soldiers, there are only more than 3 soldiers stationed in the vast Anxi Protectorate.

If you retreat again and again, the whole territory will fall in a hundred years at most.

Although this Tang Dynasty is not that Tang Dynasty, the pace of history is very similar.

So every time he came here, Han Ping'an was very sad.

But the building is about to collapse, and he is not capable of turning the tide by himself. He might as well enjoy his life while he has wine now.

"Master, there is someone!"

"what……"

"There's a campfire ahead."

Horse thieves usually don't come to this area, but Yinniang didn't dare to be careless, she reined in and slowly drew out her knife.

Han Ping'an looked up, and sure enough, there was a fire in the distance.

At this time, a loud voice came from the wind: "A piece of heartbreak!"

Although the man spoke Datang official dialect, his accent was weird and somewhat stiff.Yinniang heard that it was a friend rather than an enemy, and the knife in her hand slowly returned to its sheath.

Han Pingan showed a knowing smile, and replied with a loud voice: "Where can I find a bosom friend at the end of the world!"

"Myself, put down the sword and arrow."

A black figure straightened up from the weeds, gave an order in Turkic, and then greeted him, laughed and said in blunt Tang official dialect: "Madman, I thought you weren't coming, how did you get to this place?" Son... No, you smell like blood, what happened?"

"You are a dog, you can even smell this."

"Dogs are descendants of wolves, and I am a descendant of wolves. I can smell blood naturally."

"It sounds reasonable." Han Pingan got off his horse, took off the cloth towel covering his face to protect him from the wind and sand, and said with a wry smile, "I met four assassins on the road, and I almost lost my life because of looking for you Barbie. "

Heiying gave him a warm bear hug, patted his back, looked up at Yinniang who was still on the horse, and asked half-jokingly, "Who wants to kill even a lunatic, who is so worthless."

"I don't know where it came from." Han Pingan couldn't stand the smell on him, and pushed him away vigorously.

With the help of the moonlight, he could vaguely see the face of the shadowy man, dark and dark, and wearing two earrings.

Yinniang silently looked at the little Xuebu prince named Su Dasushi, thinking that the Turkic people are stronger than the Tang people.He is obviously as old as the young master, but he is born with five big and three rough, and he looks like a sturdy warrior.

Li Er, who was always running back and forth on weekdays, was not there, Sannier, the juicy girl, was also absent, and there was only one maid who usually didn't talk much left beside the lunatic...

Su Da Sushi realized that his good brother was not joking, and asked in a low voice: "Where are the assassins?"

"Dead." Han Pingan took a deep breath and added: "Those assassins not only want to kill me, but also want to kill my father."

Su Dasu was stunned, and hurriedly said: "It's none of my father's business!"

"You have so many brothers, you are the most unfavored one. If your father Khan really wants to send someone to assassinate my father, can he tell you such a confidential matter?"

"Who says I'm not favored, my father Khan treats me very well now. Even if my father Khan wants to start a war with you Datang, he will cut off your father's head on the battlefield, and he will not use such a low-level method as assassination .”

"What if your father Khan did it?"

"No if, definitely not." Fearing that his good brother would not believe him, Su Dasushi said eagerly: "Besides, your father is just a civil servant, not that general of Jinwuwei, nor that general of Zhonglang, even if my father Khan wants to send dead soldiers to assassinate him, but it's not his turn to assassinate your father."

"It's really not like what your father Khan did. Your father Khan is not that smart." Han Ping'an nodded.

"You mean my father Khan is an idiot, a fool?"

"I didn't say it, you said it."

"Madman, if you talk about my father again, I will get angry."

"Okay, stop joking, let's talk about business, how many people did you bring?"

Su Dasushi blurted out: "Twelve."

Han Pingan looked back at Yinniang who was still on the horse, turned around and said, "Choose four people first, and help me send Yinniang back."

The Turks on the opposite side of the Congling Ridge are not the Turks who bowed their heads to the Tang Dynasty in Anxi, they are all the sworn enemies of the Tang Dynasty!
No matter how you say Yinniang is also the daughter of the Tang frontier army, she will naturally not have a good impression of the Turkic people who crossed Congling.Before the little Turkic prince could speak, he said without hesitation: "Master, I don't want an escort. I know this area well, so nothing will happen."

"Be obedient and ask Su Da to send someone to deliver it. If my father has anything to say, I can ask them to help pass the message."

"Send a message...Young master, you don't plan to go back?"

"The city is too dangerous. I don't plan to go back for the time being. And I have to find out the situation first, and see if I can give those ghosts hiding in the dark a trick."

"How do you follow the plan?"

"They can find someone to impersonate me, why can't I impersonate that little bastard instead!"

Yinniang is really not good at playing with the mind, seeing that Han Ping'an has made up her mind, she can only nod her head.

Su Dasushi whistled while pinching his lower lip, and saw a dozen or so black shadows get on their horses and gallop over from behind.

Su Dasushi explained a few words in Turkic in front of Han Ping'an and the other two.

Han Ping'an also went to Yinniang's side and explained something, watched Yinniang and the four Turkic knights go away, then raised his arm and pointed to the direction when he came:

"Su Da, fifteen or six miles over there, there is an abandoned bunker. The four assassins who wanted to kill me are lying there, as well as a few camels and some goods. Send some people to help me get the four assassins Clean up the body of the two assassins, and bring back the camel and goods by the way."

"Row."

Su Dasushi explained a few more words, and the three Turkic knights responded and left with whips.

(End of this chapter)