Chapter 142: Yang Yurou
Li An will not interfere with the rude conversation of his soldiers in private, he has always felt that as a soldier, he should be vulgar, if he speaks in a crepe, polite and polite, it is a worrying thing.
"Big brother, do we still have a chance to come to Dongnu Country in the future?"
"Yes, there must be a chance, as long as we are alive, we will definitely come here again, what's the matter, Kunxiong, you are reluctant to leave the East Female Country, is it a little lady who is reluctant to meet?"
"Don't hide it from the eldest brother, although it has only been a few days, but they have feelings for each other, just leave like this, and I feel a little uncomfortable."
Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Kunxiong, even you, a rude man, are trapped by love, let alone the soldiers, but time will dilute everything, and it will get better slowly, hide this feeling in the bottom of your heart!" We have more important things to do. ”
"Yes, big brother, I understand."
Li Kunxiong frowned and stepped to the side.
"It's okay, you can really do it, even King Guichang has been taken down by you, this trip, you didn't come in vain."
Lifei Shouyu walked over with Zhang Erniu.
Li An smiled lightly: "Shouyu, don't tease me, you're not bad, you haven't been idle for the past few days." ”
"Hahaha!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"Captain Li, why did you cry when you said this little lady was happy?"
Zhang Erniu seemed to have encountered a very confused thing, frowning.
Li Fei Shouyu went up and kicked it: "Stinky boy, it's comfortable to patronize yourself, it's too rude, make the girl cry!" ”
"No, I'm not too rude!"
Zhang Erniu was still confused.
"Okay, Erniu, go count the team and set off in half an hour."
"Yes, I understand."
Li An is not very easy to explain this matter, so he had to let Zhang Erniu go to do things, although at this moment the soldiers miss the little lady of the East Girl Country very much, but time will change everything, when they return to Chang'an City and see the prosperous Tang Capital, the experience of the East Girl Country will slowly fade away, at least it will not be as sad as now.
"No harm, this trip to the East Female Country, we have made so many contributions, how do you think Your Majesty will reward me?"
"It's nothing more than gold and silver treasures, and it's just an official and a knight."
"Isn't that enough? No harm, this time you personally beheaded the Tibetan prince Lang Zhidu and annihilated 20,000 Tibetan border troops, and His Majesty will at least make you a general. ”
Li An nodded and smiled: "That's right, I think so too." ”
"Hahaha!"
Half an hour later, Li Anba camped eastward, preparing to go to Yizhou City first, and then return to Chang'an City along the official road from Hanzhong to Sichuan.
Li An's team marched quickly, arriving in Qingcheng County, Shuzhou two days later, and at this speed, they could return to Chang'an City within a month, so as to return to Emperor Li Longji.
However, after entering the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Li An heard about a major event, that is, Zhu Lingqing, the Tang Dynasty envoy who was responsible for the construction of Anning City, was killed by the rebels.
And the cause of the matter, Li An also understood clearly, it was the Tang Emperor Li Longji, in order to strengthen the control of the southern Fu clan, planned to open a traffic line from Annan to Shuzhong, and built a city in Anning to guard, because this strategic passage ran through the north and south of the planing area, caused a great panic among the leaders of the clan of the Fu clan, so the Queensland Thorn Shi Ji Rijin. Nanning Prefecture Assassin Shi Gui Wang, as well as the surname of the Fu family Fu Rijin and Fu Chongdao as the leader, launched a large-scale confrontation, they captured Anning City, and killed the Tang Dynasty to build the city to make Zhu Lingqing.
After all, the strength of the Fu clan is limited, and their rebellion will not have much impact on Datang, let alone threaten the safety of Datang, but this is a big deal after all, Zhu Lingqing, as a city builder of Datang, was killed by these rebel generals, and Datang also wants to be faced, how can it be just like that.
Judging from the information obtained by Li An, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Province of the Tang Dynasty have begun to assemble in the planing area, waiting for the order of the emperor Li Longji at any time, as long as the emperor decrees, they will immediately suppress the rebel forces of the various tribes of the plan.
Li An had studied history quite a bit in his previous life, so he naturally understood what the rebellion of the Fu clan meant, and this was a good opportunity for Nanzhao to expand his power on a large scale for the second time.
Nanzhao is a small country in the southernmost part of Erhai Lake, the land area is extremely narrow, the last time was to take advantage of the opportunity of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo to compete for hegemony, close to the Tang Empire, and with the support of the Tang Empire, the five edicts in the north were all destroyed, so as to complete the grand plan of unifying the six edicts, and expand their own strength several times, and later annexed the planing area, it was once again doubled the expansion of power, thus forming a powerful Nanzhao Kingdom, and then threatening the interests of the Tang Empire, so that the Tang army was defeated several times in the south, and the losses were extremely heavy.
'Nanzhao has unified the six edicts, and it must not be allowed to annex the planing area again, otherwise, Datang Jiannan Province and Annan Province will really be completely separated, and the strategic situation will be favorable to Nanzhao and not to Datang. ’
After hearing about the Zhu Lingqing incident, Li An always told himself that maybe he didn't have the ability to change anything, but he would do his best to change the historical trajectory that made Nanzhao sit big again.
After the team entered Shuzhou, the road conditions became much better, and the carriages and horses were not as bumpy as a few days ago, in short, they were much more comfortable.
Looking at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the road, the Tang soldiers felt very relaxed, Zhao Yufu, the king of Guichang, had stayed in the queen city safely, and they no longer had to be nervous to prevent assassins.
Li An's mood is also very relaxed, although Xi Yu is a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty, but he is not too valuable, no one should assassinate him, besides, with him and hundreds of soldiers under his command to escort, how can an ordinary assassin have such courage.
Of course, sometimes things don't go the way you think, and there are times when things are unpredictable, and there are times when Assassins are blind and crazy.
Just as Li An led the team to march slowly, in the dense forests on both sides of the road, there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at them, and they were bending their bows and arrows to prepare for a sneak attack.
'Strange how the roads are so quiet. ’
Li An suddenly felt the abnormality of the surrounding environment, paused, and was shocked: "It's not good, there is an ambush." ”
"Whoosh ......"
When Li An reacted, more than a dozen sharp arrows had already shot over, and went straight to the carriage Xi Yu was riding.
"Shouyu, Guangsheng, protect Xi Shilang."
Li An shouted, turned around and shouted, "Kunxiong, Feiyu, catch a few live ones for me." ”
"Yes, big brother."
Looking at the dozen or so arrows nailed to the carriage, Li Anxin was startled and hurriedly rode his horse over.
"Xi Shilang, Xi Shilang is fine."
Xi Yu lifted the curtain with difficulty, with a frightened face: "Captain Li, how could someone want to assassinate this official, who did it." ”
Obviously, Xi Yu also felt very strange, although he was a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty, he didn't have much value, the Tang Empire would not have much loss without him, and he had been an official for many years, and he had never offended anyone, how could there be an assassin to kill him?
Seeing Xi Yu's forehead sweating, Li Anxin was shocked: "Xi Shilang, are you injured?" ”
"I was hit by an arrow in the arm, and it was fine."
"Military doctor, military doctor, fast transfer military doctor."
Li An was very impatient, hugged his fists and said: "It's all to blame for the lack of protection of the last general, which made Xi Shilang suffer." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, Captain Li hurry up and catch the assassin! Don't let the Assassins escape. ”
Xi Yu waved his hand weakly.
Li An looked back at Zhang Guangsheng: "Guangsheng, Xi Shilang will be handed over to you, and there must be no more accidents." ”
"Captain Li, don't worry."
"Shouyu, let's go arrest the assassin, I want to see who it is, who dares to attack my Tang Mission."
Annoyed, Li An took Li Fei Shouyu and went to capture the fleeing assassins.
There are only more than ten assassins, and their strength is very weak, how can this be the opponent of Li An and others, Li Kunxiong and Li Feiyu led a team of soldiers and horses, and soon captured two assassins alive.
"All right, a woman."
Li An saw it very clearly, and a woman suddenly appeared in the woods, and the two assassins, as if they had seen a life-saving straw, immediately abducted the woman and threatened Li An not to force her.
At this moment, Li Anzheng was angry, how could he let these two assassins go for the sake of an inconsequential village woman.
"Shouyu, you are right and I am left, kill them."
"Why, don't live it."
Li An sneered at the corner of his mouth: "I hate others for blackmailing me the most, besides, Kunxiong and Feiyu have already caught two live mouths, and that's enough." ”
"Okay."
Li Fei Shouyu nodded, aiming at the assassin on the right, while Ang Lee bent his bow and aimed at the assassin on the left.
Seeing that Ang Lee didn't care about the innocent woman, the two assassins panicked and moved closer to the middle, hiding behind the woman, but how could they know about Ang Lee's superb archery skills, as long as they showed a little of their bodies, they would be shot.
However, what made Li An feel admired was that the woman who was coerced did not cry or make trouble, and she seemed quite arrogant, which couldn't help but make him feel admired.
"Shoot the arrows."
"Whoosh ......"
Two arrows were fired at the same time, hitting the left and right cheeks of the innocent woman, and into the heads of the two assassins.
"Uh......"
The two Assassins' eyes widened in astonishment, and they fell to the ground, struggling for a moment before chimping for their lives.
The coerced woman exhaled a few big breaths, and after stabilizing her mind, she looked at Li An extremely boldly, without the slightest fear in her eyes, and even with a hint of heat.
"The lady is not afraid of danger, she doesn't cry or make trouble, Li Ang admires."
"Oh, it turns out that the general's name is Li An, and my name is Yang Yurou, thank you for the general's life-saving grace."
Yang Yurou smiled at the corner of her mouth, and her eyes became even hotter.
"The lady's name is Yurou, but she is not weak at all! By the way, how could the lady be here alone? ”
Li An was somewhat vigilant in his heart, a woman appeared alone in the dense forest, which was a little abnormal.
Yang Yurou sighed and looked at Li An hotly: "My Langjun is dead, and there are still two children to feed at home, so if there is nothing to eat, I will go to the woods to pick some mushrooms and wild vegetables." ”
"So, there are villages nearby."
"Three miles ahead is our village, can the general go and sit down?"
Li An was overjoyed: "Lady, Li An didn't want to disturb, but Xi Shilang was injured by the assassin and had to recuperate, so he had to bother." ”
"Yurou will show the general the way."
Yang Yurou was full of joy and expressed her willingness to take Li An to her village to rest.
Escorting the two captured Assassins, the group marched to the village three miles ahead.
Xi Yu was only hit by an arrow in his arm, and there was nothing serious, but after all, he was old, and the march was extremely bumpy, so he looked extremely weak, and if he continued to march long distances, he was afraid that it would cause great damage to his body, so Li An decided to take a rest nearby, and find out the origin of the assassin by the way.
With only a few dozen households, the village looks rather dilapidated, but it is also quiet and peaceful, full of pastoral atmosphere.
"General, there is my house in front."
Yang Yurou's warm invitation.
"Lady, Ang Li is just a captain, not a general."
Li An said politely, and dismounted and walked into Yang Yurou's house.
Yang Yurou's home is very dilapidated, except for some tattered tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, there is no valuable furniture, a man and a woman and two children, seeing Li An walking in, they are too frightened to speak.
"General, these two are my children."
"Hehe, it's cute."
Li An stepped forward and pinched the faces of the two children, and looked back at Yang Yurou: "It's really not easy for a lady to pull two children by herself, so I didn't think about remarrying." ”
"If the general doesn't dislike it......"
Li An was slightly embarrassed and pursed his lips: "Lady rest, I'll interrogate the assassin." After saying that, he strode out.
"Big brother, two assassins brought it."
Li An nodded and looked at the two assassins, who were burly and fierce, and at first glance they were brave men, even if they were tied up by ropes, they did not show weakness.
"Who are you, and why did you attack us?"
"Humph......"
"Don't say yes! See how I clean you up. ”
Li Kunxiong was furious, and he kicked it when he went up.
Li An hurriedly made a look, asked Li Kunxiong to stop, went up and patted the assassin on the shoulder: "A manly man dares to be a man, since you dare to take the risk of assassination, you should have the courage to admit it." ”
"Humph......"
The two Assassins refused to speak.
"Big brother, if you don't open your mouth like this, you should be punished and served, and if you don't believe them, you won't say it."
"Kunxiong, our Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, how can we mess with punishment, we must convince people with reason."
Li An hurriedly stopped Li Kunxiong, who wanted to be rude, and looked at the two assassins: "You don't want to betray your master, and you are also loyal, I will admire it very much, but you have to give us a reason to assassinate!" ”
"You are Tang Jun?"
One of the Assassins finally spoke first.
Li An seemed to have a premonition of something, and hurriedly said in surprise: "Why, you don't know that you are assassinating the Tang Army?" ”
The two assassins looked at each other: "We made a mistake, if we want to kill or chop, whatever you want." ”
"Heh, this can be mistaken, you guys are really amazing, say it! Who are you going to kill? If the reason is reasonable, Ben will let you go. ”
"What you said is true?"
The two Assassins looked at Ang Lee in surprise. (To be continued.) )