Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 43

The snow-covered plateau is not something you can go to if you want to. It is said that you can't even breathe after going up, let alone marching and fighting.

What Qian Chonghou really wanted to go was Yandu, where it was not as cold as the snowy plateau, and it was not far or near from the Tubo tribe.

Also don't worry about being chased and killed by the former Paoze. After all, Yele Town only has so many soldiers, and it is already very difficult to be able to defend Yele. Don't dare to use troops to the southeast easily, otherwise it will easily anger Tubo.

Moreover, the area of ​​Yandu is very large, and because the land is barren but there are few people, and they are mainly Qiang people, it should not be difficult to find an oasis with few people.

He not only asked the 130 eight brothers who ran away together to wear armor and weapons, but even brought pots, pans, ladles, plows, hoes and other agricultural tools, and dozens of bags of various seeds.

One man and three horses should have walked quickly.

But because I brought too many things, I walked very slowly like a big move.

But it doesn't matter, General An is patrolling Jimi Prefecture, General Li is far away in Baisha City, and most of the night watchmen have left with Han Shimei. The brothers in the military city are loyal enough, so they don't have to worry about being hunted down.

Just thinking about how to lead a group of brothers to live and work in Yandu, Liu Sangen, who was exploring the way ahead, suddenly stopped.

"Big brother..."

"What's wrong?"

"Someone!"

"Where is it?" Qian Chonghou reined in the reins and subconsciously looked behind him.

"Ahead, people are ahead!"

Liu Sangen suddenly pulled out the knife, his face was ferocious.

Qian Chonghou's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to ask his subordinates to put out the torches when he saw a bonfire rising about 150 steps ahead.

Immediately afterwards, the torches were lit one by one, and the light of the flames continued to spread to both sides like the legendary two-headed snake.

"There are people in the east."

"There are also on the west side!"

"Qian Shuai, the enemy is in ambush!"

The soldiers panicked, and the already somewhat chaotic team was in a riot.

Liu Sangen knew that he had to quickly stabilize his position, and while riding his horse and galloping backwards, he brandished a horizontal knife and roared: "Array, prepare to meet the enemy!"

A team leader came to his senses, quickly swung his knife to cut off the package tied to the horse's back, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Zhang Si, Yu San, let's guard the west!"

"Let's guard the east, Ding Er, why not panic, throw away those useless bits and pieces.

"Old Six, come with me, prepare to fight!
It was too dark and too many horses.

These soldiers are usually busy with farms and farms, they are not as well-trained as the Youyi team, and they cannot be compared with the experienced night watch team. Easier said than done.

In this way, he could neither rush out nor hold on. An old soldier in his fifties was in a hurry, and shouted hoarsely: "Liu Sangen, stop yelling, and protect Qian Shuai!"

"Yes, escort Qian Shuai to go first!"

"Qian Shuai, hurry up, it's too late if you don't leave. We are the queen, let's have a good kill!"

Qian Chonghou looked at the circle of torches slowly coming up, held the long knife tightly and said solemnly: "Thank you, I will not leave the big guys to live, let's talk about where we can go now."

"Shuai Qian..."

"Can't go away."

Liu Sangen rode his horse and ran back, turned his horse's head around again, and gritted his teeth looking at the direction of Juncheng: "There is a fire on the top of the city, there must be someone behind, and the dog has cut off our retreat!"

A team leader cursed bitterly: "Damn it, where did so many soldiers come from?"

Liu Sangen wiped his sweat and said, "I'll find out later."

Qian Chonghou saw that the people who came up were not walking fast, so he grabbed the leader of the team who ordered to shoot the arrow just now: "Don't act rashly, wait until you find out who they are."

……

From Headache Feng to Juncheng Liuli, the distance is neither too far nor too short.

When Han Pingan accompanied An Fuyan and others to the Gobi, about a mile south of the military city, he found that the people who had left the city without permission had been surrounded, and the night sky was full of flames.

An Fuyan couldn't help asking: "Han Shiyu, where are there so many soldiers?"

Just as Han Shimei was about to speak, a Youyiman galloped forward from the front, reined in the reins and shouted, "Report to the General, the Cui Ming Mansion sent a humble official to report, and the deputy envoy of Guishu Town, General Wang, is waiting for the General!"

It turned out to be soldiers moved from Guishu...

An Fuyan finally understood why Han Shimei dared to seize the military power, and asked coldly, "How many soldiers did General Wang bring?"

"General, General Wang has brought five hundred elite soldiers. Mr. Lin is also here, and Mr. Lin has two hundred personal guards."

"Lin Zhongcheng is here, where is Lin Zhongcheng?"

"Lin Shijun is stationed in Tuncheng, and ordered the general and Han Shiyu to go to see him after the rebellion is over."

I'm in big trouble, I'm really afraid of something.

An Fuyan looked back at Han Shimei, and said with a gloomy face, "Lead the way ahead."

"promise!"

You Yiren turned his horse's head and led the crowd towards the faintly visible Shuai Banner in the distance.

Li Chengye never expected to alarm the Jiedu envoy, and his heart was agitated, not to mention how disturbed he was.

When he rushed to Shuai's flag, he saw that it was the deputy envoy of Guishu Town Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang Wang Qingxiang, and Cui Han was standing beside Wang Qingxiang on horseback.

Now is not the time to exchange pleasantries, An Fuyan greeted him and asked: "General Wang, dare I ask, how do you plan to settle this betrayal?"

Wang Qingxiang cupped his hands, and then looked at the rebels in front of him expressionlessly: "The leader's surname is Qian, and his name is Qian Chonghou. Cui Canjun said that this person is not a serious crime, and he is loyal to General Li. The general wants to invite General Li Go and persuade them to see if they can be persuaded to return astray."

"The leader is Qian Chonghou...Impossible!"

"General Li, whether it is Qian Chonghou or not, you will know if you go and have a look."

"Okay, I will go and have a look at the end."

Li Chengye was so anxious that he didn't even care to greet An Fuyan, so he swung his whip and whipped his horse hard, and rushed out of the battle.

Going up to have a look, I feel really cold in my heart, it turns out to be Qian Chonghou.

"General Li!"

"Why is General Li here? Isn't General Li in Baisha City?"

The dozen or so old soldiers who were about to shoot arrows were stunned and put down their bows and arrows involuntarily.

Qian Chonghou also didn't expect Li Chengye to come, so he kicked the horse's belly lightly and slowly went up to meet him.

Walking up to him, Li Chengye was wearing thin scale armor and a big red cloak as usual, but without a weapon in his hand, he just stared at him with murderous eyes.

"Qian Chonghou, what do you want to do, do you want to rebel!"

Li Chengye roared fiercely, but his heart felt like a knife was twisted.

Qian Chonghou looked behind him as if he didn't hear him. He couldn't see clearly from too far away before, but when he came here, he finally vaguely saw who the ambush was.

If you can't rush out, you can't keep it.

If there was a fight, those barbarian cavalry from Guishu would never show mercy.

Thinking of dying here tonight, Qian Chonghou couldn't help but wryly smiled and said: "It turned out that the soldiers moved from Guishu, how can I, Qian Chonghou, be able to alarm the Jiedu envoy."

"Stop the fucking nonsense, let me go back to what I said first, do you want to rebel?"

"General, if the humble official wants to rebel, he won't lead the brothers south."

"Then where are you taking Lao Tzu's soldiers?"

"Find a way to survive."

Li Chengye asked: "Find a way to survive, is it possible that you can't survive under Lao Tzu's command? I, Li Chengye, treat you well, why do you want to do this?"

Qian Chonghou said neither humble nor overbearing: "The matter has come to this, why does the general ask why he knows it?"

Li Chengye became angry and roared: "I don't know!"

"The general knows it, the great general knows it, Han Shiyu knows it too, and the thousands of brothers in Juncheng Tuncheng know it! They know it well, why do they pretend not to know?"

Qian Chonghou pointed to him and the generals behind him and asked back, his mournful voice echoed in the night sky.

Li Chengye was stopped by the question, and for a moment didn't know how to proceed.

A Fuyan frowned, thoughtful.

Han Shimei looked at Qian Chonghou, who was rebellious and justified, and muttered to himself: "I know too, what do I know?"

Han Pingan followed them all the time. Seeing that his father really didn't know, he couldn't help sighing: "The money is less, I feel wronged, my faith has collapsed, and I'm homesick, but no matter how much I think about it, I can't go back."

Han Shimei was slightly taken aback, then turned around and asked, "What does he have to do with us if he is wronged again? Why did he collude with Cao Duman to kill our father and son?"

"Father, it's you that people want to harm, not me."

"You son, if father dies, can you have a good life?"

"I'm telling the truth."

The official status is not the highest, but now the deputy envoy of Guishu Town, General Wang, who has the final say, heard clearly, was amused by the father and son, turned around and asked with a smile: "You are Saburo, tell me first, why did they want to harm you?" father."

Han Pingan said with a wry smile: "Who made my father a supervising army? As long as the supervising army is not likable no matter where he goes. They can't bear to harm General Li, and they dare not touch General An. Besides being used by others, I think it's appropriate to take my father for surgery, at least I won't feel guilty."

Is it a crime to be a military supervisor?

Han Shimei was furious, cupped his hands and said, "The dog is so stubborn, General Wang laughed at him."

"Han Shiyu is too modest. Your son is talented and intelligent. If it weren't for your son, you and I would have the opportunity to reminisce about the past here? If you have a son like this, the general will be really envious."

"General Wang is really good at joking, listen, there is another quarrel ahead."

As Han Shimei said, Li Chengye was furious in front.

Not only was Qian Chonghou not afraid, but he talked about conditions.

"General, I can make my brothers lay down their weapons, but I have to make the general and Han Shiyu swear to the sky in front of the big guys, only punish the chief evil officer, and not punish the brothers."

"Can you rush out without putting down your weapons? Can you get away?"

"General, they are not just low-ranking brothers, they are also your brothers. You said this yourself, and you have said it so many times. Are you trying to coax us?"

"I treat you as brothers, yet you treat me like this!"

"General, you still don't understand. Forget it, even if we die here, we will have a clear conscience, at least you, Li Chengye!"

The soldiers brought by Han Shimei and his son from Guishu were around, and the Jiedu envoy was waiting for news in Tuncheng.

Li Chengye didn't want to be misunderstood by An Fu, and even less by the Jiedu Envoy, pointing at Qian Chonghou, he shouted: "You bastard, tell me clearly, how can you be worthy of me, Li Chengye!"

Qian Chonghou didn't expect him to be so dull, and secretly sighed that he followed the wrong person.

He didn't want to explain, so he just looked at An Fuyan and Han Shimei in the distance so coldly, assuming that if he didn't agree to let the brothers behind him go, he would die.

This is just an appetizer, there will be a big dish later.

Han Pingan didn't want to waste time, so he raised his head and asked, "General Wang, my sixth uncle is stupid, and I can't say that about Qian Chonghou, can you let me help my sixth uncle persuade Qian Chonghou?"

General Wang had learned from Cui Han that this big show was caused by Zhang Luo, Han Shimei's crazy son, and he said without hesitation: "Go if you want, they shouldn't make things difficult for you."

"Thank you, General Wang."

"Sauro!"

"Father, I'll be fine. It's the first time I've encountered such a big scene, so just let me laugh." Han Pingan grinned and rode his horse out.

General Wang asked curiously: "Brother Han, what do you mean by yelling?"

Han Shimei explained embarrassingly: "The dog is naughty and talks nonsense. He always likes to make up some words that don't make sense, which makes the general laugh again."

(End of this chapter)