Yipin Tang

Chapter 94
It has been more than ten days in Huaiyuan Town, and Wang Xiang will go to the market outside the town with the sergeant every day, and the Turkic horse bandits who assassinated them before seem to have disappeared.

On this day, Wang Xiang took Tiedan and Ju Yiya to the market and waited until Shen Shi did not see Kasang. A few days ago, Kasang brought several carts of coal mines to Wang Xiang, and Wang Xiang paid him a few glass beads as promised. , ordinarily today should be the day when he came to the coal mine, but he hasn't seen anyone yet.

Seeing that it was almost Youshi, the sergeant had already summoned the people to prepare to return to Huaiyuan Town.

"Maybe Kassan has something to do today and can't come, let's prepare to go back with everyone."

Ever since Ju Yiya came to the market with Wang Xiang, she would follow him every time Wang Xiang came. At this time, she seemed to be a little bit unsatisfied. After listening to Wang Xiang's words, she said, "Cook, don't you wait any longer?"

Wang Xiang has corrected Ju Yiya many times about how she likes to call herself a cook, and now he is too lazy to correct it.What Ju Yiya cares about is not whether Kasang will come or not, she just wants to go shopping for a while and see a bunch of weird things she bought. Wang Xiang shook his head helplessly.

"Don't wait, we will go back with everyone as soon as Youshi arrives."

"Okay." Ju Yiya bought a strange ornament made of animal bones from a merchant in the Western Regions and responded with a bitter face. Now she is penniless, and Wang Xiang pays for everything she buys. After she mortgaged all the things that could be mortgaged to Wang Xiang, she became more at ease to ask Wang Xiang to pay the bill.

When Wang Xiang turned around, he suddenly saw several trucks approaching not far away, and the leader was Kasang.

"Kassan, you're here. I thought you wouldn't come today. Hey, Kassan, what's wrong with you?"

When Wang Xiang got close to him, he realized that Kasang looked a bit embarrassed, with unkempt hair and disheveled clothes. The Yanqi people who helped him pull the cart also looked similar.

"Didn't you meet horse bandits?"

Kassan took a breath, wiped the sweat and stains off his face and said, "It's not horse bandits, it's about to fight."

"fight?"

The sergeants and civilians who were packing their things were not in a hurry to set off when they heard what Kasang said, and they rushed over one after another. It is better to understand this kind of thing clearly. Wang Xiang asked, "Where is the war?"

"Where else could it be? Gao Chang didn't know why he was crazy, and suddenly sent troops to attack Yanqi. If I didn't run fast, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come here."

Wang Xiang frowned and asked, "Why did Gaochang attack Yanqi?"

"How did I know, I heard that His Majesty the King has sent someone to Chang'an to ask Tian Khan for help. Gao Chang is here for real this time."

Wang Xiang didn't understand why Gaochang attacked Yanqi, but Wang Xi, who was on the sidelines, felt bad. Yanqi had always surrendered to Datang and was protected by Datang. In his eyes, just a Gao Chang certainly didn't have such courage.

Moreover, Yanqi is closer to Huaiyuan Town, a border town in the Tang Dynasty. If Yanqi is lost, Huaiyuan Town will definitely bear the brunt.

"This matter is of great importance. I must go back and inform General Zhang as soon as possible."

Wang Xi didn't dare to stay for a while, and asked Kasang a few more questions before leading the people back to Huaiyuan Town. Everyone was worried along the way.

When they returned to the town and talked about the matter, Zhang Kuishan and Changsun Wuji's expressions turned serious. They could all see that there must be someone behind Gao Chang's sudden and blatant provocation against Datang. Turkic no doubt.

The Turks never gave up their ambition to invade the Tang Dynasty and seize the Central Plains. Instituting Gaochang to attack Yanqi was the first step for the Turks to go south.

Yanqi's national strength is much worse than Gaochang's, and there are Turks behind Gaochang, so it seems that Yanqi may not last long, once Yanqi loses, the Turks will take the opportunity to go south to Huaiyuan Town, and it will be dangerous!

The atmosphere in the conference hall was a bit dull, Zhangsun Wuji, Zhang Kuishan and several lieutenants were all frowning and thinking hard about how to deal with it.

At this time, it was obviously too late to send someone to send a letter back to Chang'an to dispatch troops.

Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment, then said, "Now there is only one way."

Zhang Kuishan asked anxiously, "What way?"

Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Immediately send someone to escort us to Xizhou. If all goes well, we may be able to relieve Yanqi's danger."

Zhang Kuishan frowned and said: "Master Changsun, Gaochang and Yanqi are at war, it is too dangerous to go to Gaochang at this time, you..."

Changsun Wuji interrupted Zhang Kuishan and said, "There is only one way now, otherwise Yanqi is in danger!" What he didn't say was that if Gaochang captured Yanqi, he might not be able to complete the task Li Er entrusted to him.

Zhang Kuishan was also a decisive person, he didn't ask any more questions, and said decisively: "Okay, I will personally lead a team to escort you to Xizhou."

Changsun Wuji reminded: "Send one more person back to Chang'an to report the letter. From now on, the city gate will be closed and the defenders will be ordered to guard Huaiyuan Town to wait for the Tang army to come. This time the Turks are definitely not a small move."

After explaining these things, Changsun Wuji went back to his residence and informed the people of the mission to set off for Xizhou tomorrow morning. All the goods pretending to be a caravan were placed in Huaiyuan Town, and everyone rode to Xizhou on horseback.

After Changsun Wuji left, there was a moment of silence in the meeting hall, Zhang Kuishan immediately sent someone to send a letter to Chang'an, and a deputy general couldn't help asking: "General Zhang, why is Master Changsun going to Gaochang at this time? His Majesty will definitely take his anger out on us."

Zhang Kuishan's eyes flickered and said: "This time Gaochang's attack on Yanqi happened too suddenly. Once Yanqi loses, we may not be able to keep it until the Tang army arrives at our Huaiyuan Town. Therefore, the only way to keep Huaiyuan Town is to keep Yanqi alive."

"But how can we keep Yanqi alive! Gao Chang dared to attack Yanjina so openly, it must be a trick behind the back of the Turkic bastard, and Yanqi won't last long."

Zhang Kuishan exhaled and said: "Perhaps this is the reason why Master Changsun rushed to Xizhou in a hurry. They are going on a secret mission this time, and to be precise, they are not going to Gaochang, but to Xizhou."

"Does that make any difference?"

Zhang Kuishan chuckled: "There's a big difference. Xizhou is Ju Wenya's territory. He has secretly sent people to Chang'an several times. This time, I'm afraid he will get his wish."

The deputy general suddenly understood: "You mean?"

"What is Changsun Wuji's identity? If it is an ordinary mission, how can he go out in person?" Zhang Kuishan's eyes flashed a cold light: "Ju Wentai has been fighting with Turks recently, and he has no respect for Datang. Heart, even frequent provocations, such a Gaochang king is not the Gaochang king His Majesty likes."

"I also thought that Ju Wentai was not pleasing to the eye. A few years ago, he bowed his knees to our Tang Dynasty, but now he has an arrogant face. It really seems that he has nothing to do with Turkic!"

"Vice General Sun, you pick ten good men from the defenders to escort Master Changsun to Xizhou with me tomorrow."

Zhang Kuishan walked out of the conference hall and looked up at the sky: Gaochang's sky is about to change.

(End of this chapter)