Jinyi Night Walk

The day's performance is over again, and the troupe has crowded into a big tent today.

The tent was set up under a large sand dune. This mobile city was originally stationed on an endless cliff. There are sand dunes rising and falling everywhere, with clumps of desert plants growing in the middle, so when the hustle and bustle of the day is over, When the "city" fell into silence, it was still very quiet.

In addition to the heavily fortified military camps that rolled up and down like mountains that could not be seen at a glance, the tents where businessmen were stationed were far away from each other.

Tang Sai'er knelt down in front of Xia Xun, and beat his tui with her small fists in a serious manner.Originally, this was a matter between Sirin and Rangna. The two of them were originally serving Xia Xun, and it was their job to serve him after becoming his woman. However, the little girl felt that she, a goddaughter, should show her filial piety. So I was very happy to grab this job.

Xia Xun leaned on a box containing props, and gestured on the worn-out felt blanket with his hands.The felt blanket was very old, and some places were very worn. Because people walked in and out too frequently, there was a thin layer of sand on the felt blanket. Xia Xun's fingers ran across the felt blanket, leaving traces.

"Yu Jue has been with that Guo Yixuan for several days. Judging from what I know now, that Guo Yixuan is just a scholar under Tie Muer's account. Although he has a high status and is respected by others, he is not a military general. It is rare to have the opportunity to meet Timur directly.

Moreover, our top choice is to kill without leaving a trace, so Yujue's line is not available for the time being, but I have already told him to stay by Guo Yixuan's side to listen for news at any time, in case of emergency . "

Chen Dong coughed and interjected: "In the past few days, several female soldiers have come to our performance every day. One of them seems to be particularly interested in Lao Sai and chatted with him for some reason. These female soldiers They are all under the account of the pro-military, can we use a beautiful man to trick us?"

"Ah? No way! Chen Dong, don't talk nonsense!" Before he finished speaking, Sai Hazhi jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, blushing with embarrassment, and turning pale Justify.

Ye An rolled his eyes and said: "It's not a bad thing to have a woman like it, Lao Sai, you have such a big face, why are you so ashamed. Once when they were leaving, Zangfeng heard their conversation and a female soldier made fun of her The girl who talked to you said: "Since you like it, you should confess to him. I think he likes you very much too." Look, doesn't that mean he likes you?"

Sai Hazhi's black face turned into eggplant color, blushing and thick neck said: "No! When did I like her? I haven't even seen what she looks like!"

Chen Dong laughed and said, "Look, we didn't mention her name, so you already know who we are talking about. This is not a pretext!"

Ye An smiled and said, "Which one of us is not more handsome than you? That beard looks like a hedgehog, but it's inexplicable that that woman just likes you."

Sai Hazhi pouted his beard and said triumphantly: "A man with a big arm and a round waist like me is manly, you don't understand!"

In Tang Sai'er's heart, her godfather is the most perfect man, and immediately said unconvinced: "My godfather is the most manly man!"

Xia Xun coughed, and said with a stern face: "We have to limit our jokes when we are discussing important matters. What kind of beauty trick is whimsical!"

Everyone quickly suppressed their smiles and said yes.Xia Xun changed the subject and said, "Those female soldiers, I asked Zang Feng to check them carefully."

There was a strange look on everyone's faces, Xia Xun pretended not to see it, and continued: "They come from a Turkic tribe named Deke, and their tribe is about fifteen days away from Samarkand. In the past, They were subject to the Roman Empire, and now they submit to Timur.

Their tribe believes in Nestorianism, but at the same time they maintain some habits of their own tribe..."

In fact, Zangfeng heard the news that the Deke tribe believed in the Orthodox Church, but if Xia Xun said that they believed in the Orthodox Church, no one present would understand what sect it was.During the Tang Dynasty, when the Christian sect entered the Central Plains, it was called Nestorianism, and Xia Xun called the Orthodox Church Nestorianism to facilitate Jiajia's understanding.

Xia Xun said: "In their tribe, the status of women is much higher than that of men. To be precise, they are men who dominate the inside and women who dominate the outside, so there are many women in the tribe who are brave and good at fighting, and are not inferior to men in melee combat." Soldiers, that's why when Timur recruited troops from various tribes, the Dyke tribe sent all female soldiers.

For these reasons, it is very difficult for you to get the women of this tribe, because liking a man makes him do whatever he wants.In fact, quite the opposite.Therefore, if Old Sai really used a beautiful man to win over that woman, she would only hire him out of consideration, and "marry Lao Sai, go back, take care of the housework and take care of the children, how could she be his own and obey his orders."

Everyone looked at Saihazhi's hunchbacked appearance, and imagined that he was carrying a little doll on his back, sitting on the threshold, stitching the soles of his shoes, and when his wife came in from herding, the little bird would snuggle up to her. Seeing his appearance, he couldn't help shivering, and Sai Hazhi's hairs stood on end, with a face that would rather die than surrender.

The people were discussing in the tent, while Zang Feng and Xi Bang'er, the two assistants sent by Harry Sultan to Xia*, were patrolling around the tent one after the other.They were doing some random things, vigilantly guarding against the approach of outsiders.

In the tent, the discussion continued.Plans were proposed one after another, and rejected one by one. In the end, no one was able to propose a plan that seemed feasible, and everyone's interest was low.

After a lot of hard work, he finally reached Tie Muer's side, but now there is only a few miles away, but it has become an insurmountable ditch, and it is difficult to advance half a step, not to mention that the gods and ghosts can't see him. Killing, it was impossible to see him, it was really frustrating.

Seeing that everyone was in a low mood, Xia Xun said, "Don't be depressed, you can always come up with a solution, be patient."

Chen Dongdao: "If we have time, we may be able to come up with a proper solution. The problem is, what we lack now is time."

After hearing this, Xia Xun couldn't help sighing softly. His eyes fell, and he saw that Tang Sai'er had stopped his fists, frowned his delicate eyebrows slightly, and was also trying hard to think of a way, like a little grown-up, It was a gimmick, and she couldn't help laughing: "Does my little fairy daughter have any magical skills that can make us pass through that person's defenses and appear in front of him?" Xia Xun was just joking, to adjust the dull scene. Unexpectedly, Tang Sai'er asked seriously: "Godfather, is it really as long as several miles to enter that man's barracks and then to his place?"

Xia Xun said: "Yes, I'm afraid it's more than a few miles. There are countless camps and soldiers along the way. Even at night, there is an endless stream of patrolling police posts, with bright and dark sentries interspersed. There are also trenches and thorns. There are still many desert dogs in their camp, and this is just the news that your Uncle Liu inquired about. As for more deployments, we sheep don’t know. Rats, don't even think about passing through these layers of barriers."

Tang Sai'er said unconvinced: "That's not necessarily the case. If I have enough things and people, I can completely wipe out such a big tent, let alone hide a few people."

Xia Xun's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Then, if you provide enough manpower to make everything you need to use, is there a way for you to let us in?"

Tang Sai'er squeaked, "This..., but..."

"Ok?"

"However, I have to go inside and out to see all the parts inside, so that I know what I need to use."

When Xia Xun heard this, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

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In the bathroom, Guo Yixuan stretched out his limbs and lay comfortably on the "belly stone". An authentic Turkish "tanrak" (massage) covered his hands with olive oil and pushed,

Holding, kneading and pressing, Guo Yixuan's skin that had just been steamed at high temperature was massaged in this way again, and his whole body was as red as a boiled shrimp.

Liu Yujue was sitting on a wooden stool beside her, and on another low stool in front of her was an open food box, which contained various snacks such as mutton skewers, yogurt, milk cool, and hazelnuts.

Liu Yujue is now a student of Guo Yixuan. Guo Yixuan sometimes asks him to help him at work every day. During his break time, he will teach him Turkic, mathematics, engineering and other fields of knowledge.Perhaps because of his compatriots, Guo Yixuan attached great importance to and cared for this student, and even took him with him in the bath.

Liu Yujue sat on a wooden bench with a white towel around his waist, drinking.Yogurt said to Guo Yixuan: "But, teacher, Jiayuguan is unattainable and indestructible. I came from there and have seen its precipitousness. I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack with ten times as many troops."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Guo Yixuan was lying on the "belly stone", enjoying the service of the masseur with his eyes closed. Hearing the student's innocent words, he laughed happily. He didn't open his eyes, but waved his hand and said with a smile: "Traditional city buildings like to build tall city walls, but in the face of increasingly powerful siege weapons, those walls that look like giants are precisely the easiest to break through.

What is a man's sword?What is a thousand horses and thousands of troops?A truly powerful weapon is knowledge!Several scholars and I have jointly signed a letter to Khan, suggesting that the city walls of Samarkand be rebuilt, and the old-fashioned tall barrier-style walls and arrow towers are all demolished for reconstruction. "

Guo Yixuan said with a smile: "The purpose of building the city wall is to stop the enemy, and the strong pass has always been a continuation of the idea of ​​thousands of years ago, especially our eastern city defense, which has not changed for more than 1000 years. If we say There are changes, and the latecomers are just constantly repairing it, building it higher, higher, and still higher, which is sad!

Yuluo, you should study hard with the teacher. When you have a certain attainment in military architecture, you will find that the traditional city defense buildings are far behind the times. The so-called "indestructible" hum! It's just a It's just a joke!" .