The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Under the guidance of the Tu nationality guides, Guo Nuan and the others passed through towering plateaus and mountains. After about three days, they finally arrived at the front gate of Huangyuan Stone Castle.

As the famous base of tea-horse exchange between Datang and Tubo, the mountain city is located on Riyue Mountain in Chiling, and it has the title of Riyue Mountain Boundary both at home and abroad.

Guo Nuan's first team led the cavalry team into the area of ​​Riyue Mountain, and felt that there were many Tibetan secret sentries in the surrounding dense forests, and they would encounter patrols from time to time on the mountain road, but these emergencies were all taken care of by the calm old Gong deputy team. One by one resolved.

"Haha, this mountain city is really spectacular." The fat man raised his arms and looked forward to the majestic castle in the mountain depression. In front of the mountain city is a large plain, and all the trees have been cut down. It can be described as a paramilitary defense with solid walls and clear fields. Sending troops, it is estimated that even if the heavy cavalry with rapid impact attacked the city at such a long distance, they would be killed by the catapults and crossbows of the Nuqiang Arrow Pavilion under the overlooking of the mountain city before they rushed to the city gate in the rugged mountain depression. No piece of armor left.

Entering the plain means entering the warning range of the Tubo soldiers. There are only three roads to pass on the plain with trenches and ravines. The business travelers running over were walking on the designated road in an orderly manner.

"Hey, hello," a small dirt slope was piled up next to a ditch on the road. On it stood the Tubo scout Danzi holding a saber and Teng Dun. The fat man rode a donkey and greeted one of the bearded head of a hundred households. Vigilantly pulled out the shiny blade from the scabbard, this action frightened the fat man to drive the little donkey to catch up with Guo Nuan's horse team on the dirt road at the front door.

"Quack, Da Biao, this is the territory of the Tubo people, we should be more careful," Guo Nuan narrowed his eyes, his narrow eyes saw that this road is very tight, almost 100 steps per sentry post, each sentry post There were as few as three or four Tubo soldiers, and as many as seven or eight. In particular, just now, Guo Nuan found several liaison soldiers at several connected guard posts waving yellow flags to communicate.

"Where are you guys coming from, Basang%&," the fat man who was riding a donkey with his head bowed behind his back cautioned, and a small group of Tubo cavalry rushed over, led by a noble Tubo Qianqian wearing a leopard-printed tiger skin. Hu raised his proud head to look at Guo Nuan and his party.

"Hehe, this official, ours is a businessman from Xining who deals in tea," Old Gong hehe said with an apologetic smile. He dismounted from his horse and skillfully took out an ingot of gold from his pocket and handed it to the head of a thousand households.

"Well, yours, go and check," the head of the thousand households took Lao Gong's gold neatly, and he casually signaled to an infantry next to him in Tubo language. He gestured to Liu Sheng who was standing next to the cavalry.

"Pfft," Liu Sheng took out a small knife and directly stabbed it into a sack, leaving tea leaves rustling in the holes of the sack and falling to the ground.

"My lord, we are serious businessmen. This time, we are in a hurry to trade some frankincense and felt with your tribe. We are absolutely honest and responsible," Lao Gong cursed inwardly, but he still looked at the difficult man with a smile on his face. Tubo Qianhu.

"Let's go," Qianhu impatiently signaled Guo Nuan and the others to leave in not-so-idiomatic Chinese.

"Hey," Luo Cheng sneaked a glance at the pair of Tubo heavy cavalry in leather armor from the corner of his eyes. He didn't expect that this mission was more difficult than he imagined. That Qianhu noticed something, couldn't help wiping the sweat dripping from his neck with his sleeve, and at the same time secretly lowered his head and let out a sigh of relief.

"Slow down, stop," the head of the thousand households suddenly shouted, and the Tubo cavalry and a few infantry around him immediately drew their long knives and spears at Guo Nuan and the others.

"Damn it," Guo Nuan cursed inwardly, if Luo Cheng's little act of guilty conscience that he inadvertently breathed a sigh of relief just now was discovered by the sharp-eyed Qianhu, the Tubo people who had just been cleared of their doubts immediately became suspicious again.

Guo Nuan sneaked a look at the fat man on the right wing with his eyes. At this moment, the solemn fat man had already grasped the engineering shovel hanging from the horse. As for Wang Zhengba, he also quietly approached the sack on a horse for cover. Cut open the sack and take out the weapon.

But once a fight started, Guo Nuan and the others would definitely not be able to escape in this mountain city and plain area lined with sentry posts.

"My lord, what are you..." Lao Gong felt terrified seeing the situation, but his smile was even brighter.

"Hey," at the moment of tense confrontation, suddenly a cavalryman with a flag came rushing near the arrow tower in the distance, quickly jumped off his horse and marched towards Qianhu. The six people stood aside.

"Oh, huh," the Qianhu monster yelled, and he commanded his subordinates with a whip. Soon Guo Nuan and the others were left in place dramatically, and a group of horses turned around and left.

"Quack, you're lucky, otherwise I don't know what to do next," Guo Nuan smacked his mouth, and Lao Gong wiped the sweat from his palms, then called everyone to rush towards the main gate of the mountain city.

Looking down at the castle on the mountainside, you can see the patrol team at the parapet walking back and forth from a distance. A row of wall holes are full of archery holes. The viewing angle is close to more than 200 degrees, and the firepower almost covers the entire mountain city from the front view.

Guo Nuan cautiously crossed the wooden bridge with the moat and moat in front of the main gate with the scattered merchants. The Guan Bridge will be hoisted and closed to protect the main entrance. As for the wooden bridge, half of it will be suspended in the air. Unless you wade across the river, you will not be able to pass through the broken bridge. Undoubtedly, Guo Nuan overlooked the rapids more than ten meters below when crossing the bridge, and the moat is faintly underwater. There are rows of sharpened giant fang stakes, and countless iron chain bars covered with spider webs.

Guo Nuan and Lao Gong couldn't help but looked at each other, their expressions showing a bit of solemnity, it seems that it is impossible to use a car to attack the city, especially because there are many hidden weapons in the moat, and the other side of the river is more than [-] meters away. The ten-degree embankment, even if the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty swam across the river with great difficulty, they would have to climb up the steep embankment to get close to the threshold of the main entrance. There are countless arrow pavilions and sentry towers on the top of the head, and it can be said that it is extremely difficult to attack the city. These observations made Guo Nuan and Lao Gong sigh inwardly.

"Go to town quickly, don't look around and dawdle,"

After the city guards collected Lao Gong's entry fee, a tall red-faced Tubo soldier shouted at Guo Nuan, speaking Chinese very well.

"Oh, I understand," Guo Nuan shrugged speechlessly. He slapped the horses that were carrying the goods, and everyone hurried into the city.