Peng Shuangmu was very disappointed.

He had seen this caravan, as a general, of course he was also a qualified bandit, even if it was a glimpse, he could find that this caravan was a thorn in the head, and it was not easy to start.

That's why he threw the hot potato to Yellowbeard, the bandit leader who didn't know whether to live or die. Otherwise, such a fat big sheep, how could he easily give it to others.

In these years, no one's life is easy!

Don't look at him as the city guard of Muyu City, holding a large army, high up, but in fact, life is also miserable, Peng Fang, the commander of the Tiande Army, is the uncle of the family, but this does not mean that the taxes and other harsh taxes he has to pay can be less. Especially in the past two years, Peng Fang's requirements have become more and more outrageous. What he wants is beyond Peng Shuangmu's bearing.

The reason Peng Shuangmu also understands. In the early years, this uncle of his own family was ready to annex Zhang Jia, but who would have thought that after Zhang Jia changed his court and took refuge in Li Ze, in just two years, he turned over, and now he is the general of the right Wuwei, holding tens of thousands of troops to guard Shuozhou, one side pressing the east of the river, and one side covets the Tiande army.

If Zhang Jia is still a friendly army to Hedong, it can only be a containment, but for Tiande, it is a real threat.

In desperation, Peng Fang could only hurriedly express his submission to the Zhenzhou court, that is, to Li Ze in exchange for time and space. In the past two years, Peng Fang has been constantly expanding his armaments in preparation for a possible war launched by Zhang Jia.

This year, the Zhenzhou court warned Peng Fang many times, telling him that the Tubo people were about to attack in a big way. Peng Fang didn't believe it at all, his relationship with the Tubo people has always been good, and he also sends a lot of money to the Tubo nobles every year, and everyone's well water does not interfere with the river water, Li Ze said, I'm afraid that he is going to find an excuse to annex Tiande, so Peng Fang has been moving the main force to the northeast, just to guard against Zhang Jia.

Therefore, at this time, to eat a caravan from Zhenzhou, you must be clean and neat, without leaving a little tail, and you must kill people cleanly.

As for the stolen goods, whether they are sent to the Western Regions or sent to Tibet, they can be sold at a good price, and when the time comes, the people will die and the goods will be sold out, who dares to say that they did it themselves, and what will not happen to the territory of the Western Regions?

Eating dry and wiping clean is the best policy.

With this batch of goods, you can deal with your insatiable uncle, and the rest of the money can also be used by your subordinates to make a small fortune. You can also replenish some of the ordnance by yourself, and the guys of your own brothers are too shabby. Compared with the Tang army that escorted the caravan this time, Peng Shuangmu felt that he was a man named Hanako.

Red eyes!

Everything is going smoothly according to my imagination.

But in the final stage it went wrong.

He originally thought that after the Tang army defeated Yellowbeard, they would definitely strike while the iron was hot and attack to kill Yellowbeard quickly, as long as they left the bitter castle, his cavalry could encircle them in the field and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, Yellowbeard was so vulnerable, he was defeated in a blink of an eye, and the other party only dispatched a part of the soldiers and horses to chase and kill, and more importantly, their pursuit was limited to a certain range, and they had no intention of staying away from the bitter castle at all.

This made Peng Shuangmu come back to his senses.

The other party had long expected him to come, and he was waiting for himself!

That being the case, what else is there to hide?

If you have plenty of money now, and you don't miss this money, then you will go home, and there will be business to do in the future, but now it won't work, the New Year, the brothers don't have any money, and there are not many meat in the bowl, if it goes on like this, who will still mix with themselves!

It's just that after this battle, I'm afraid that I will lose a lot of people. This made Peng Shuangmu a little painful.

There is no way, these days, I can only exchange my life for food.

With 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers, Peng Shuangmu brought out two-thirds of the main force in Muyu City. He didn't mean to underestimate the other party at all.

The regular army fights a war, which is very different from the bandits like the Yellow Beard.

The cavalry flew over the battlefield, and the infantry in the rear slowly pressed up, and when they were more than a thousand steps away from the bitter fort, they were grounded, and then one after another strong crossbows were pushed out.

Yuan Chang, Li Hai, and Tang Ji stood on the bitter fort and looked at each other, they all felt a little toothache, although the other party did not bring a large weapon such as a trebuchet, but a strong crossbow, stone cannon and other things, actually brought a lot.

"What to do?" Yuan Chang asked with a bitter face.

"What else can I do? Either you die, or I die! Tang Ji pulled his face and said, "The other party has made up his mind to destroy us all here." ”

"Do you have any fights?" Yuan Chang asked again.

"Some hit." Li Hai stroked the bowstring, "I'm just afraid that even if we win in the end, we won't have to do this business, because we don't have a few people left." ”

The three of them looked at each other, and they all smiled bitterly. Maybe there is still talk with the bandits, but at the moment there is no talk to Peng Shuangmu, if the other party does not kill people, Zhang Jia's army will be afraid that it will be greatly pressed to attack Tiande.

"Then let's fight, let's escape back after we win, let Zhang Jia come and destroy Tiande, and then we will organize people to go to the Western Regions!" Li Hai, take that thing out! Yuan Chang said.

Li Hai nodded, turned around and walked towards the castle.

In the distance, Peng Shuangmu walked forward for a distance, observing the defense facilities of the bitter fort, a typical Tang army's combat methods, in fact, whether it is Li Hai or Tang Ji, their combat methods are passed down from generation to generation by the Tang army, Peng Shuangmu is naturally aware at a glance.

"Peng Shuangmu, if you fucking cover your face, will Lao Tzu recognize you?" Yuan Chang stood on the top of the fort and scolded: "The Tang Dynasty army, colluding with bandits, and robbing the imperial court caravan, aren't you afraid of Wang Fa?" ”

Peng Shuangmu laughed, walked forward for a distance, pulled down the mask, and said, "Ambassador Yuan, the mask is not afraid that you will recognize me, but to protect against the wind and sand." In this realm, the royal law of the court has long been useless, and the knife is the royal law, besides, I slaughtered you cleanly, what can the royal law do to me? Don't blame me, I really can't live, and if I don't make some money, my brothers won't let me go. Sitting in this position, you have to find a way to survive for your brothers! ”

"Don't regret it, when the time comes, Lao Tzu will lift your head to find Peng Fang, and you won't be blind." Yuan Chang roared.

"As long as Ambassador Yuan has the ability, even if you come to get it, Ambassador Yuan, you can't take my head from standing on the top of the fort, or you come down and we will fight alone, you win against me, I will give you your head, if you lose, you can give me my head?" Everyone is a Tang Dynasty, how bad is it to kill and live? Peng Shuangmu said loudly, causing the rear army to burst into laughter.

"Chief, talk to him a few more words, and it's better to get him closer, maybe I can kill him with one arrow." Below, Li Hai squinted at Peng Shuangmu in the distance, Peng Shuangmu was still four or five hundred steps away from him at this moment.

"How far?"

"The Heavenly Punishment Bow is strong, but if I really want to be sure, it must be at least two hundred steps!" Li Hai said in a low voice.

Yuan Chang's face suddenly collapsed.

That's for nothing! Peng Shuangmu is not an idiot, within two hundred steps, he can still kill him with a strong crossbow here.

"General Peng, we are all in the same Tang lineage, and we have something to discuss, don't you just want money? Wouldn't it be okay for me to give you a portion of the goods? Yuan Chang said bitterly: "Do things in the long run, wouldn't it be good to have a long stream of water in the future?" ”

Peng Shuangmu laughed: "Ambassador Yuan, don't be clever, our two families, sooner or later, we will have to do a fight, today I will take your money and let you go, and your army will have an excuse to come to find trouble in the future, how can it be beneficial to slaughter you and swallow all the goods?" If you kill you without a certificate or certificate, Li Xiang can't help me? Maybe another caravan will be sent over, can I grab it again? It is not uncommon for anything to happen in this realm, and in the future, when your goods appear in Tibet, this black cauldron will be properly carried by them. Maybe I can get a few Tibetan heads to go to Li Xiang to receive a reward, saying that I have avenged you! ”

Yuan Chang sighed: "There's no need to talk about it, let's get ready to fight!" ”

At that end, Peng Shuangmu also turned around and slowly retreated.

Immediately, the horn sounded, and the foot soldiers held their shields, forming a shield wall to cover the strong crossbow machines, and the stone cannons and others slowly pressed forward.

On the bitter fort, the military horn sounded, hurried and short, this is the clarion call to prepare for battle.

The two sides are tense with arrows, and the war is on the verge of breaking out.

At this moment, behind Peng Shuangmu, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, Yuan Chang stood tall, saw far away, and looked at the more than 100 horsemen who came from afar, and it turned out to be the yellow-bearded man who had been defeated before.

What are you doing when you come back this dog, taking advantage of the fire? I'm afraid that this bandit won't even be able to catch a bowl of leftover soup in front of Peng Shuangmu, a big thief.

Peng Shuangmu was also a big surprise, waved his hand to temporarily stop the army's attack, and brought hundreds of horsemen to meet him, surrounding more than 100 horsemen of Yellowbeard.

"Yellowbeard, what do you want to do?"

"Help, help!" Yellowbeard screamed incoherently.

"What?" Peng Shuangmu asked.

"Tubo people, a lot of Tubo people." Yellowbeard danced and shouted loudly, looking as if he was frightened, shouted a few words, and even cried again: "Lord Peng, my people are dead, dead, and that's all there is left." ”

Peng Shuangmu's face changed suddenly, when Yellowbeard fled, there were probably nearly a thousand people, and in an instant, there were only more than 100 cavalry left?

A thunderous sound came from the sky, Peng Shuangmu raised his eyes to look at the sky, a black line appeared in his sight, and then, countless cavalry appeared there.

"I'm going to fuck him!" Peng Shuangmu couldn't help but scold.

Tibetan people, countless Tibetan people.