Early the next morning, Ling Hufeng went to find Ballian Chinu, and the two talked secretly for a long time.

After lunch, Linghu Feng came back and said excitedly: "It's done!" The Red Slave admired me so much that he decided to act on my good plan on the spot. However, it will take some time. He looked up and calculated, and said, "I can do it by the end of the month at the latest!" ”

Cao Fei was high-spirited and said, "Great! Lord, if it goes well, we can go back to the royal capital for the winter! ”

The winter in the desert is monotonous and difficult, the grass and trees on the oasis are withered, birds and beasts are rare, a dilapidated and boring landscape, the night is as cold as a knife cutting bones, and the fire is not warm, even a fierce man like Cao Fei does not want to suffer such suffering.

Linghu Feng laughed, "It's not so fast, in short, I won't delay you to enjoy the dragon in the idle Yu Pond with me at the beginning of spring next year." Xianyu Pond is a scenery in the palace, the bottom of the pond is divided into five dragons with five-colored stones, the day and day look at it, the colorful dragon shines, the water is five-colored, very beautiful.

This good strategy is the only way to make Hu Feng turn over now, and he is cautious and does not miss a word. Xin Er racked his brains, searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and he couldn't guess what other tricks Ling Hu Feng could have to reverse the situation in front of him.

Nowadays, the custom of admiring the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet prevailed, but at the beginning of August, on a good day after a white dew with yarrow, the whole family sacrificed the gods that are usually worshiped on the same day, and most of the Linghu dynasties believe in Buddhism, Linghu does not believe in any gods and Buddhas, and now during the period of escape, he is full of calculations about the comeback, and his mind is full of killing back to the royal capital, and slaughtering the dog cub with his own hands, not to mention ignoring such a thing.

Fu Qiao and Cao Fei didn't have the heart either. Jia Zhen and Zuo each calculated a day, they have been sacrificed two days before the fifteenth, Zuo's prayer is nothing more than the children grow up safely, Jia Zhen gritted his teeth when he worshipped, and he didn't know what to ask for.

On the fifteenth night of mid-autumn, Xin Er sat alone outside the tent with his knees crossed, looking up at the full moon like a silver plate, and the autumn wind brought the sound of the water of Pig Nozawa Miaomiao, out of the god for a while, very melancholy, remembered a few lines of poetry, and said in his heart: "Who saw the moon for the first time on the riverside?" When did Jiang Yue shine at the beginning of the year? Life has been infinite from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue looks similar every year. "It's not just that the age is different, I don't even know if it's still that month.

Linghu Feng taught his son in the tent: "This bed is a place to sleep, why do you step on it with your boots?" Yingluonu, take care of the little things, it's not early, go to sleep. ”

Xin Er said in his heart: "Yingluo slave? Is it Zuo's nickname? Look at her worshipping Buddha, it should be. ”

The tent area was changed, the food and clothing were good, and the children recovered quickly, which made the Hule brothers and sisters a lot more lively. It is human nature to love beauty, Zuo's took the time to pick some red and blue mixed in the grass, which the Hu people called "Yanzhi", crushed into juice, but a little makeup, when I saw her during the day, Xin Er felt different from the past, delicate as a peach and plum, and Yingluo's nickname was very appropriate. Outside the tent until the middle of the night, it was unbearable to endure the cold of the night, so Xin Er barely put away the depression and went back to sleep in the tent.

Ten days later, the bald red slave was ready, and Ling Hu Feng told everyone his good plan.

But it turned out that he was going to "use himself as bait", release the news, and pretend to be escorted to the capital by the bald and red slaves, so as to lure out the pursuers of the He cadres, and then the red slaves led the elite people to raid the camp of the He cadres, criticized the false and caught it off guard.

After speaking, Linghu Feng was complacent, looked at Xin Er and Fu Qiao, and waited for their admiration and sycophancy.

Fu Qiao didn't understand why Cadre He would send chasing soldiers after hearing the news, but he immediately understood, stroked his palms and praised: "The Lord is really clever about this. …… It's just a little dangerous, in case the Lord really unfortunately falls into the hands of Cadre He? ”

Linghu Feng said: "With Lao Cao and you protecting me, I am very relieved!" ”

Fu Qiao was stunned and said, "The minister and Lao Cao ......, do the ministers also want to follow?" ”

Linghu Feng said as a matter of course: "The red slave loves Ziming like a treasure, and Ziming can't follow; Although Ah Gua can walk, his injuries have not healed in the end, and it is not good to ride a horse, and it is not easy to follow; If you want to coax the cadres of Nahe to be fooled, how can only me and Lao Cao be enough? The dog's arrest is clearly written, except for the wife and children, there are four of you who escaped from me! ”

Fortunately, the women of the Hu people grow their hair after marriage, which can make people pretend; It's easier for kids. Men can't do it, the Hu man has a beard, the Tang man has a haircut, there is no way to find someone to fake it, a total of five adult men who escaped will become two in a blink of an eye, which may cause the cadres to be suspicious, according to Linghu Feng's words, Fu Qiao really has to follow.

In fact, Linghu Feng had other plans, he said in his heart: "The red slave wants to keep the elite to attack the camp of the He cadres, and can only give my old and weak slaves and maids to pretend to be an escort team, I expect that the He cadres will send elite horses to grab me, this trip is very dangerous, and only Lao Cao alone is not reliable enough to protect me." Lao Fu's sour Confucianism is useless, these times he is becoming more and more disobedient to Lao Tzu's words, he refuses to change his clothes, and he doesn't care about people when he talks to him every day, and raises him for a thousand days, just at this time, if he is in danger, Lao Tzu will push him to block the arrow, this is a complete method. Then he thought, "Lao Tzu's destiny is willing to take risks, why are you so stunned?" "I was even more dissatisfied with Fu Qiao.

Contacting Linghu Feng's drunken words last night, Xin Er also thought of the reason why He cadres would send troops to pursue: with the help of Qin, He cadres suppressed Bald Lian Chinu, but after all, Qin is far away and Dingxi is near, if Ballian Chinu gets the support of Dingxi King Linghu Yong by betraying Linghu Feng, then He cadres will definitely not be able to do Ballian Chinu, for the benefit of his own clan, He Cadre's subordinate He Dehu will not be able to let Chinu send Linghu Feng to the royal capital, so he will definitely send chasing soldiers to intercept the scramble.

The reason for this, Xin Er actually vaguely thought of it as early as when he first arrived at the Chilou Danbu, and he guessed that maybe one day the Red Slave would give them to Linghu Yong in exchange for some rewards, but because he didn't know the contradictions between the various tribes on the banks of Inoze Inozawa, he couldn't connect this guess with the He cadres.

He was afraid and said: "The loss is timely, Ziming is powerful, so that we don't fall into such a field!" It was only then that Linghu Feng was able to use this strategy. Looking at Ling Hufeng, he thought, "Although this person is ruthless and unjust, he dares to risk his life at a critical time, and he is ruthless to others and to himself." It can be said that he did great things at no cost. "I actually admired Linghu Fengsheng a little.

Fu Qiao had a bitter face, full of reluctance, but he didn't dare to refuse under the fierce light of Ling Hufeng's eyes, and said in his heart: "Bitter! Bitter also! How did he covet those Xu Ronggui that day, and accepted the purge of the doctor in his mansion. ”

Linghu Feng Gu Nian Xiner "also has resourcefulness", and has the heart to protect his life and prevent him from being injured and in danger, but Xin Er has formed an enemy of Jia Zhen. Jia Zhen thought it was the result of begging the gods, where was she willing to let Xin Er live? The wind blew on the bedside, and Xin Er couldn't escape, so he had to pack his clothes, reluctantly ride a horse, and follow Linghu Feng and others to use as bait.

The news quickly spread to the He cadres.

He Dehu, the head of the He cadre's department, was surprised by the inquiry, and said: "The king of Dingxi is all over the rebel party, and it turns out that Linghu Feng fled to the Chilou Dan department? But under my nose, I don't know! Fortunately, the information leaked and I learned in time. If this 'strange goods' are sent to Guyin by the Red Slave, I am afraid that not only will we not be able to ensure the profits of the present, but we will also be bullied by him in every way in the future! ”

Thinking of the arrogance of Ballian Chinu who had thrown himself into Linghu Feng's door earlier, thinking that he had received strong help, He Dehu hated it and could not let him succeed. He said in his heart: "Fortunately, Linghu Feng didn't give him any help at that time, otherwise our clan would have been pressed on the head by this old dog!" "Chinu is a nonsense, meaning wolf, and when he arrived at He Dehu, he became an old dog.

He thought about it for a while, and gave two orders, first let people immediately chase after the Chiloudan team escorting Ling Hufeng, find out the number of people and horses, and then gather all the tribes in the tribe, and wait for everyone to arrive, explain the cause and effect, and finally said: "This matter is related to our clan as a whole, you must not steal and play tricks, you must be excellent, and you must intercept the order of the fox to be flattered, so that the old dog will not be satisfied." ”

Different from the regime of the Tang people, compared with Wei and Qin, which have been established for a long time and are shallow or deep in the Tang Dynasty, these nomadic Liuyi such as Hegan and Chiloudan who are free from the countries still maintain the old tradition, that is, all the larger tribes are composed of several or dozens of small tribes, each with its own small rate, and the chiefs and large rates of the tribes were originally elected by the small rates, even if they were later hereditary, they did not have the power to enforce each tribe, and they could only discuss with the small rates about anything at ordinary times. Far from forming a strict organizational structure, it is equivalent to the organizational form of "tribal alliance".

Therefore, although He Dehu is the head of the He cadres, when it comes to the "excellent" things of each species, he can only use the interests of the whole to move the small people, and they will arrange and implement them. The little rate still has a memory of the red slave's dominance when he gained power, and they shouted one after another: "It's all the protection of the gods, bless us and others to learn about this, Da Yu rest assured, we must be well-chosen, how can we make the old dog successful!" ”

He Dehu was overjoyed.

The small leaders went out of their accounts and retreated, and each gathered his clansmen. The sons of He Tehu also went to gather the men of Benluo. The Hu people gathered and lived, rode horses, bows and arrows with them nearby, and prepared for war quickly, and in less than an hour, they were gathered.

He Dehu had already received the return of the spies, went out of the tent, and said to the small people who came around: "The red slave is afraid that our department will intercept it, so he sent a lot of men and horses to escort it, no less than a thousand horses, let's order three thousand horses to chase, catch the order fox Feng, and the rest of the captives will be given to the recipients as slaves." ”

Wherever there is a captive, it is a custom for the six Yi to be given to the recipient. Most of the Tang and Yi slaves in the Chilou Dan Department came here in this way. The small rate agreed with a bang.

The number of people of the He cadres is about the same as that of Chiloudan, three thousand to fall, one is a household, the men of Liuyi have learned to ride and shoot since childhood, when they are young, they ride sheep and shoot birds and mice, and when they are a little longer, they can shoot foxes and rabbits, all of them can get on horses and fight, except for those who herd horses and watch sheep, those who are more than twelve or thirteen, and those who are less than sixty or seventy are called, and there are no less than five or six thousand people who gather.

Since there was no need for so much, they sent the old and weak back, and the small rate took the selected more than 3,000 middle-aged settlers, followed the sons of He Dehu, led the horses out of the tent area, and gave an order, they got on their horses, and more than 3,000 horses galloped out of the oasis, ran up to the desert, stepped on the yellow sand, and chased after the team escorting Linghu Feng to the Chilou Dan Department.

He Dehu, as the head of the department, naturally should not be moved lightly, it is enough to have his sons to lead, he watched them go away, and said in his heart: "Intercept the order of Hu Feng is one of them, take this opportunity to capture more than 1,000 strong men of Chi Loudan, and you can slowly pick up the old dog and annex it." When I swallow Chiloudan, and then take down all the remaining tribes on the edge of Inoze, I will have nearly 10,000 and dominate far and near; Waiting for Da Dan Yu to attack Longdi, I raised troops to respond, as long as I made a great contribution, I was not unable to do the king of Dingxi. ”

In order to distinguish it from the Tang people who cultivated the land, the lord of the Qin State called the emperor and set up a single Yu, calling himself Da Danyu, to manage the six Yi.

But it was said that Xin Er followed on the side of Linghu Feng's horse, and the group walked very slowly, stopped and walked, and went out of the oasis in the morning, and only traveled more than 20 miles in the afternoon.

Xin Er knew that this was to create an opportunity for He cadres to catch up with them, pressed the bow and quiver hanging from the saddle, and rubbed the palm of the straight knife ring handle around his waist sweating, even though there were some scenes in his memory, but he himself had never experienced a battle, a little weak, and the wound on his back that had not healed was faintly painful.

His lips were dry from the autumn sun, and he swallowed nervously, trying to imagine what he would do when he got into battle.

Fu Qiao learned the lesson, put a layer of soft felt on the saddle, straddled it, grabbed the reins and pressed the saddle, frightened, and looked back from time to time.

Cao Fei fine riding and shooting, good use of the lance, the lance was lost on the way to escape, there is no suitable use in the Hu department, he made two zhang eight wooden spears a few days ago, talk and use, at this time in the hand, looking around, but not panicked, said to Linghu Feng: "When the cadres chase after him, the lord please follow the minister's side, don't say three five seven eight, that is, three or twenty thieves come to fight, and the minister can also protect the lord Zhou Quan." ”

Hu Yishan is good at cavalry shooting, but it also depends on who the opponent is, Chi Lou Dan and He cadres still maintain the old political tradition, in the use of cavalry tactics, it is still the same old way of how many years, guerrilla shooting, quite primitive, not so much "soldiers", but "people with bows". Cao Fei was a high-ranking officer of the regular army, and he had personally commanded thousands of heavily armed cavalry to use shock tactics to fight the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

There was a slight tremor on the fluffy sand, which was difficult to detect at first, but then the tremor gradually became obvious, the yellow sand fluctuated, the mounts hissed restlessly, and the team of old and weak slaves and maids panicked and rioted.

Soon, a series of strange cries came from behind, small and loud, and then deafening, and this cry even drowned out the sound of the horses' hooves. Xin Er looked back in horror, on the golden desert, it was like a dark cloud, and I don't know how many people and how many horsemen He cadres chased the soldiers with sand and dust.