Chapter 228: Strange Soldiers
Hearing the man's words, Xue Rengui hurriedly stepped forward, held him steady, and asked, "Erniu, tell me quickly, what did you go to find out?" ”
The men outside the tent also rushed in.
Erniu said: "Dalang, I spent a lot of effort in Luoqi City to find out, half a month ago, the Tubo army has quietly set off, and now, the 200,000 Tubo army has arrived at the border of Shanzhou in our Tang Dynasty......"
Syllable.
Xue Rengui smashed his fist on a simple wooden table next to him, and said excitedly: "Great, finally waited for this day, the boss said that Tubo will definitely start a war against Datang, in fact, along the way, I don't believe it, even if I come to Tubo, I have collected the movements of Tubo again and again, and I still can't believe the boss's judgment, but now it seems that the boss is right......"
In Xue Rengui's heart, Chen Chu's image suddenly became magnificent.
Then he turned around, looked at Eldest Sun Chong, and said, "Eldest Sun Gongzi, now I can tell you the true purpose of our journey to Tibet. ”
"Speak quickly, speak quickly." Eldest Sun Chong's tone was very eager.
Xue Rengui said: "We, the people, got the orders of the boss and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and went to Tubo to lurk, the purpose is to wait for the real war between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, and blow up all the salt wells in Tubo, so that the Tubo army has no salt to eat." More than ten days ago, we had already heard of several salt wells in Tibet near the city of Luo, the largest of which was less than fifty miles away from us, and now we are ready to act. ”
At this time, Xue Rengui no longer concealed it, and directly revealed all the plans and plates.
Anyway, Changsun Chong couldn't run away.
Here is a vast wilderness, and if you act alone, there is only a dead end.
"What?" The eldest grandson's eyes widened, "You ...... Are you going to cut off the salt of Tibet? ”
"Not bad!"
"Are you crazy, Xue Rengui, do you know, this is Tubo, not the Tang Dynasty, just a few of you, dare to want to destroy people's eyes, not to mention whether you can go in, even if it is damaged, the city of Liluo here is so close, the defenders of Tubo will definitely chase after it as soon as possible, and when the time comes, everyone will ......die."
Xue Rengui shook his head: "Even if we wait for death, we will not hesitate, now, the 200,000 troops of Tubo have arrived in Shanzhou, and the war is inevitable......
"Yes, Da Lang is right!"
"I'm not afraid of death!"
Eldest Sun Chong's face changed dramatically and said: "No, no, no, you are not afraid of death, I don't want to die, I want to go home...... I want to go back to Chang'an, don't stop me......"
As he spoke, he tightened his fur coat and rushed out.
Xue Rengui suddenly stepped forward and punched him in the back of his strength.
The eldest grandson Chong fell to the ground limply.
Xue Rengui instructed: "Act tonight and find someone to take care of Changsun Chong." ”
"Yes!"
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When it gets dark.
Xue Rengui and the others had already put away all the tents.
The convoy headed southward, slowly.
In the middle of the night, Xue Rengui's convoy came to a mountain col.
All the horses wore muzzles, their hooves were wrapped in sackcloth, no one used torches, and they moved entirely in the dim moonlight.
At the col, Er Niu came to Xue Rengui's side, pointed to a towering hill in front of him and said, "Da Lang, over this mountain, the bottom of the mountain is where the salt well of the Tubo people is located." ”
Xue Rengui beckoned, summoned all the brothers, and said: "Brothers, there is the salt well of the Tubo people in front, but it is heavily guarded, and it is very difficult to get in, and the only way we can get in is to go down from the cliff of the mountain in front...... If anyone doesn't want to, just stay here, just take care of Changsun Chong, if we don't come back, the people who stay will go back immediately...... Don't stop for a moment. ”
"I'm not afraid of death!"
"We're not afraid!"
"Da Lang, at the beginning, we followed the master to learn martial arts and the art of war, so that one day we could get ahead in the future, but now, such a good opportunity is in front of us, how can we let it go."
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui glanced around, and finally fixed his gaze on those warriors selected by Chen Chu.
Several warriors shook their heads and said, "Xue Dalang, just say what to do, I came out of the Lu Guogong Mansion, and when I followed the Lu Guogong to fight in the south and the north, when were I afraid of death." ”
Xue Rengui nodded.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, all go up with me, tie up the eldest grandson, and stuff him into the carriage, so as not to freeze him to death." ”
"Let's go!"
More than a dozen people, dressed in black shorts and carrying backpacks, rushed towards the mountain not far away.
This mountain is also guarded by Tibetan soldiers, but compared to other directions, it is much less.
The crowd quickly bypassed the guards and came to the bottom of the hilltop.
This is a cliff, dozens of feet high, if you don't pay attention to it, you will be crushed on the spot.
Standing on the edge of the cliff and looking down, the lights below are bright, and people come and go, which is very lively.
Below is the salt well of the Tibetan people.
Xue Rengui said in a low voice: "Half of the people stay on it, and the rest of the people, go down with me." ”
Everyone opened their backpacks, took out bundles of rope, tied one end of the rope to the surrounding stones, and lowered the other end to the bottom of the cliff.
Then, Xue Rengui took the lead, followed the rope, and slowly slid down.
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A moment later.
Xue Rengui and the five men have already entered the territory of Yanjing.
It turned out that this salt well was tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and the surrounding defense was tight, but in the middle of the salt well, there were not many defenders, and some were just a large number of people.
A man stepped forward, snorted, and said: "Da Lang, these damn guys, let people work all day long, these people who go down to dig salt mines, are their slaves, they can't even eat, and they still let people work......"
Xue Rengui thought for a while and said, "If we blow up the salt well now, I'm afraid that many people will die inside, how can this be a good ......?"
Erniu leaned over and said, "According to the news we found out before, in half an hour, these slaves will all come up to eat, and then we will blow it up again." ”
Xue Rengui nodded: "Okay, split up, and when these people leave the salt well and come out to eat, light the explosive package." ”
He was the first to open his backpack, which contained three bags of explosives the size of his arms.
Previously, Xue Rengui didn't believe that there was such a big killer in the world. But after Chen Chu demonstrated it and tried it himself, he was completely convinced.
Xue Rengui and the others quickly dispersed, and quietly went in all directions by taking advantage of the night.
Since more than ten days ago, Xue Rengui has sent people on the cliff above to monitor every move below, and several guys have long been familiar with the terrain, just like they have arrived at their own home.
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