Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

Di Zhixun and Li Ke came towards Yunzhou City non-stop respectively. When they passed Dingxiang, the Turkic guards did not stop them. After all, Di Zhixun's envoys from the Tang Dynasty did not receive interception or stop them from the Tang Dynasty. envoy's order.In this way, the itinerary was shortened a lot.So, three days later, Di Zhixun entered Yunzhou City.After getting news from Yunzhou for a while, Di Zhixun arrived in Daizhou in only one day.

In the governor's mansion of Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, he briefly described to Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, how Li Ke took the initiative to break up when he and others were hunted down by the Turks.

After Zhang Gongjin heard this, he was furious. He patted the table angrily and kept walking back and forth. Return to Your Highness."

"Mr. Zhang, this matter should not be rushed. I still believe that His Highness can save the day and return to Chang'an smoothly." Di Zhixun immediately stood up and stopped Zhang Gongjin. While comforting Zhang Gongjin, he also comforted himself in his heart, "You don't have to go to Yinshan , you just need to go deep into the desert and meet His Highness halfway." When he said these words, he carefully considered his words, so that he couldn't help but see that when he said these words, he was weighing and thinking in his heart, and he had struggled with himself.

"Vice Envoy Di, just now you said that the Turkic Prince Schroeder wanted His Highness's life, and now you said that His Highness can return to the country without danger, what is your intention?" Zhang Gongjin heard the inconsistency in Di Zhixun's words Due to his language disorder, he suddenly questioned Di Zhixun.

"Doesn't Dudu Zhang know that what the Tang Dynasty needs now is an environment that can develop stably?" Di Zhixun sighed, "I have seen their cavalry during this mission to the Turks. To be honest, the Tang Dynasty did not have four or five The preparation of the time does not have enough combat power to fight the Turks. Besides," he said, his face became more melancholy, "in my opinion, with the wisdom and strategy of His Highness, more than 1000 people It is still difficult for the Turkic cavalry to trap His Highness. Therefore, Dudu Zhang still has to focus on the country of the Tang Dynasty. You just need to send troops to the desert to welcome Your Highness."

"Hey" Zhang Gongjin sighed, "It's really useless." Then he sat on the chair without speaking, and kept drinking tea.

Didn't Di Zhixun know who he was referring to when he said "really useless"?However, he could notice a detail from Zhang Gongjin's eager and worried face.That is, the general in front of him has already developed awe of Li Ke from the heart, and at the same time, it is not difficult to see that he cares about Li Ke, but it is chaotic.

After leaving Daizhou, Di Zhixun continued to head towards Chang'an non-stop. Apart from eating and resting at the post station or changing horses along the way, he never stopped in the nearby counties.He felt that the matter of sending troops to the Turks should be decided by the court, not Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou.Therefore, although he was very worried about Li Ke's comfort, he could only stabilize Zhang Gongjin's reckless behavior.After I returned to Chang'an and reported the situation to Li Shimin, it was up to the court's decision.

That day, Di Zhixun and his party arrived at a post station at noon. Looking at the sign of the post station, it said, "Jinzhou Post House".

Di Zhixun, Hou Hu Meng Shan and the others had a hasty lunch and left the post house.On the way, Di Zhixun asked, "According to this speed, how many days will it take to reach Chang'an, the capital?"

"Two days" Hou Hu said briefly. In fact, his mind was already on Li Ke. He wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible to report the matter to the court, and at the same time, he wanted Liu Rengui to take the wolf rider to Mobei to rescue Li Ke.So, he seemed absent-minded when he spoke.

How could Di Zhixun not know what Hou Hu was thinking? He just sighed slightly and asked, "Is there a shortcut?"

"If you don't take the official road, there will be a small road leading to Puzhou, and the distance will be shortened by half." Meng Shan paused and continued, "But, that small road..." He meant to let Di Zhixun He took the path, but as a soldier, he couldn't hide the bad condition of the path, so he hesitated and said it out.However, he hadn't finished his sentence yet, only halfway through he heard Di Zhixun say, "Get off the road." Then he patted his horse and passed the crowd.

Hou Hu and Meng Shan glanced at each other, with a firm look in their eyes at the same time.Then, he followed closely behind Di Zhixun.

However, just like Monsanto has not finished speaking, the path is indeed extremely difficult to walk.The road is not wide, and the road is full of potholes and weeds.It can be seen that no one has passed by here for several days.More importantly, this road has to go through a narrow mountain road and a dense jungle.

Di Zhixun only wanted to return to Chang'an, although he had no distractions and didn't care about the surrounding environment.But Hou Hu and Meng Shan, as Li Ke's bodyguards, felt a sense of crisis from this secret road.The two looked at each other at the same time.Meng San whispered, "Don't you think this way is weird?"

"I have a hunch that something may happen." Hou Hu said, "The location is probably on the narrow mountain road we are going to pass."

"My premonition is the same as yours." Meng Sanhe said, "So, we need to be cautious when we pass through that section of the road, and we must not make any mistakes. His Highness's comfort is all on Deputy Envoy Di."

Hou Hu didn't finish speaking, he just glanced at Hou Hu with firm eyes, and then nodded. He didn't speak, but he had already told Meng San his answer.

When passing through that mountain road, Hou Hu and Meng Shan were very careful. They sent people to scout in advance, and they escorted Di Zhixun carefully through the narrow mountain road when they found that there were no suspicious persons or special circumstances.Di Zhixun supported the two's caution and prudence. He believed that as Li Ke's bodyguard, the two's worries were necessary.

After passing the mountain road, everyone, including Hou Hu and Meng Shan, felt a lot more relaxed.The whole path is the most dangerous and suspicious place.Now that they have passed smoothly, it means that there is basically no danger on this path.

However, all things happen in the carelessness and let-down of vigilance caused by excessive joy.

Just when everyone passed the small road and their vigilance was relaxed, they heard a "whoosh", at the same time Meng Shan pushed Di Zhixun and shouted, "Vice Envoy Di be careful." Di Zhixun was retreated by Meng Shan The horse fell to the ground, and a feathered arrow passed through Di Zhixun's horse, and was nailed to a big tree next to it.

The first feather arrow was just a signal, and the subsequent feather arrows were like the scythe of death, taking the lives of several Qianniuwei in an instant.

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The rain of arrows came so suddenly that many people were unprepared.Therefore, quite a few people were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

Meng Shan took part in covering Di Zhixun behind a rock at the first time, while Hou Hu was still directing the crowd, "Don't panic, everyone, get off your horse and look for rocks and trees to hide." As soon as his voice fell, Seeing one flying towards him, he blocked it with a knife, and when the feathered arrow blocked him, at the same time, another feathered arrow shot at the horse under him, and the horse raised the premise even higher in pain. , and threw him off his horse.

He stood up stiffly from a carp on the ground, and glanced at the grove in the direction of Feather Arrow. The grove was blurred under the glare of the sun, and he couldn't see what was going on inside.Therefore, he decisively organized everyone to escape from Yujian's shooting, and led the people who were avoiding the arrow rain in a panic to behind a huge rock not far from Hou Mengshan.

Hiding behind the rock, Hou Hu could clearly hear the wailing of many soldiers who hadn't escaped after being hit by the arrow, and at the same time the painful groans of the soldiers who were not dead when the arrow fell to the ground also reached his ears .Hou Hu turned his gaze to Meng Shan who was also hiding behind another rock with Di Zhixun not far away and said, "The arrow was shot from the woods."

"How many casualties?" Monsanto asked.

Hou Hu took a look at the people behind him, and then took another look at the people who were shot by the feather arrow and howling, with a gloomy expression on his face, "There are only more than 20 people behind me."

"Except for Deputy Envoy Di, there are only a dozen people left on my side." Meng Shan said.

Listening to the sound of arrows raining outside, the screams after being hit by arrows, and the painful groans after being injured.Hou Hu and Meng San didn't move at all, and they didn't plan to go out to rescue them.The two of them were just pale and silent.

After a while, Hou Hu asked in the sign language Li Ke taught Yingwei, "What should we do now?"

"Wait and see what happens," Monsanto replied in sign language.

Both of them knew that the only way to do it now was to wait until the enemy appeared on their own initiative, and then they would have a chance to fight hard and escape.Otherwise, acting rashly and exposing yourself will only become the target of the enemy.