At this time, Ling Huyan came over and knocked on the door: "Mr. Linghu, you are usually so early, why haven't you gotten up today?" ”

Nalan opened the door and dragged her into the house, but she didn't control her strength well for a while, and she hit her full arms, and Duguyue was about to have a seizure. Nalan covered her mouth again, and she stomped on Nalan's instep. Nalan was in pain, and said to her softly: "Sister, light." Don't make a statement. ”

After Duguyue motioned for him to let go, Nalan sat on the stool and hugged his feet. Duguyue scolded jokingly: "Who made you want to do wrong." ”

"I don't have any. It's just to keep you quiet and pull you in. ”

The two were silent for a while.

Duguyue asked, "What's the matter, let's talk about it!" ”

"The old general took Linghu Lady to the east."

"Who kidnapped Ling Huyan? How was he rescued? ”

"I know who robbed it, but I can't tell you now, I tell you, and I'm afraid that you will spoil something big on the spur of the moment. The purpose of her hijacking is to get him to stop helping us. ”

"Then who else, Murong Cheng!"

Nalan didn't say anything more after hearing this, but continued: "The old general also told me a secret, saying that there is a hole under the cliff by the Qinglong River outside the window, and your lost mail truck supplies are inside. ”

"Ahh Why didn't you say it earlier, when did he tell you? ”

"Just now!"

"Didn't you say you're gone?"

"He cleverly left a note!"

"What about the note?"

"I've burned it."

"Nalan, you ......"

"Dugu Yichang, I said you can't hold your breath, you still don't believe it. The old general told us such an important message, that is, we should not act rashly and wait for the opportunity. ”

"But the mail truck, seven or eight of my brothers died, and I searched for months without results, but I didn't expect it to be right under my nose."

"It may be far from being as simple as we think, wait for me to find a time to find out, and don't act rashly."

"We're weak now, and the rebels are coming. Whether Tongguan can be held is still a question. I came to Qinglong Town to investigate the mail truck case, and I haven't been back for several months. ”

"After the Han Dynasty, the center of gravity of Guanzhong's defense was moved to Tongguan, and Hangu became an outpost, and if the enemy army came, it would be a place to be trampled. How can a hundred or so of us resist the 150,000 rebels? ”

"Nalan, aren't you scared?"

"I am a little afraid, worried that Tongguan will be lost, Chang'an will not be protected, how many people will be displaced, and how many lives will be lost."

"Captain, ask a question you shouldn't ask! Can? ”

"You say it's what it is!"

"Do you have a marriage contract? If not, take advantage of this war, you and Ling Huyan can become a couple. ”

The post chief laughed, so that the fox lady has a marriage contract, this time to Chang'an is to complete the marriage, I don't know why I went back to Huating. The old general didn't say anything, and I didn't want to ask. What about me! There is also a marriage contract, and if it weren't for the rebels, it would have been estimated that they would have been married. After speaking, I looked at Duguyue for a while, and suddenly saw that the woman who came in the wind and went in the rain had vicissitudes. I was thinking in my heart, what a mistake, how could I marry her, and she didn't know it, it was really weird.

"The world is so chaotic, how can you still have the heart to get married, and if you can save your life under the iron hoof, there may not be a surprise for the rest of your life. Datang, there has been no such war for more than a hundred years. ”

"War, that's our men's business, what's the use of you sighing here."

"War is a matter of sin for all the people in the world, and women can live alone? The rebels burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil in the east, and we could only look at it and sigh. ”

The two were silent for a moment, and Nalan asked, "Chief, do you have a promise?" ”

"Eh, you brother, why do you care about me today? I haven't been back for a long time, the last time I heard my parents say, it seems that they promised me a family, my father also saved his father's life, it seems that he is still a Hu person, I don't want to marry a Hu person. ”

"Post chief, you can't always target the Hu people!"

"Oh. I forgot that you are also a Hu person. Such a handsome and dashing Hu Renlang should be matched with a beautiful lady."

"My lady has never met." Nalan seemed to say to himself.

As soon as the words fell, I heard Nangong Yue shouting in the courtyard: "Sister Dugu!" ”

Duguyue hurriedly opened the door and went out, and saw Nangong Yue beckoning to say that she had made wild rice porridge at home, and invited her to taste it. She went downstairs, Nangong Yue grabbed her arm and whispered in her ear: "Luoyang is lost." ”

Duguyue's body trembled and said, "Then your cousin Nangong Han is okay?" ”

"Evacuated to Yuzhou."

"Then I have to inform Nalan of the news as soon as possible so that he can be prepared."

"What else are you going to prepare! When the rebels attacked, what was the use of his mere 100 people? ”

"Then it's just a matter of resignation."

"There will be a new will of the imperial court."

"Why did your cousin Nangong Han retreat to Yuzhou? And not Tongguan? ”

"Yuzhou is an important town leading to Xiangyang in the Central Plains and Guanzhong, how can there be no one? In the battle of Luoyang, Feng Dashuai and Gao Dashuai were temporarily ordered to recruit troops in Luoyang, and the soldiers recruited were all children of the market, who were impatient with hard work, greedy for life and afraid of death, and were vulnerable to the tiger and wolf army of An Lushan. Lady Lee, who was left behind in Tokyo, refused to surrender and was killed. Wherever the bandits went, the states and counties abandoned the city and fled. ”

"No wonder, I didn't see the imperial court sending troops to Luoyang, it turned out that they were all temporary recruits. That Luoyang was captured, and soon arrived at Hangu Pass. ”

"Is my sister afraid?"

"It's useless to be afraid, if you really get to that time, you will rush forward with a Mo knife, and it will be a big deal. In troubled times, what is there to fear. ”

In the afternoon, the head of the Tongguan camp came to Qinglong Town with the 100th cavalry, and took the general to ask Sima Cuo to summon the people to transport the grain from the Qinglong Warehouse to Tongguan overnight as soon as possible, so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy.

After Sima received the order, he hid to the side and said to Li Dao: "Quick report and madam." ”

The head of the camp then found Nalan and advised: "Half of the brothers in the camp will supervise the grain from the Qinglong Warehouse, Shantangyi, and Tongyu granaries to be sent to Tongguan, and the grain depot will be guarded first, so that no one can take advantage of the loopholes." ”

After Nalan received the order, he immediately transferred the sergeants of the camp to guard the three granaries. Sima Cuo also recruited people's vehicles to prepare for the transportation of grain. Duguyue also received a warrant from Lord Shangguan Yun, who was in charge of the post by Wailang, a member of the military department: "All mail trucks to Luoyang will be stopped, and all confidential documents will be transmitted by secret lines." ”

This dark line teleportation, Duguyue has only heard of it, and how to operate it is not very clear to her as the chief post chief. Datang has not fought for a hundred years, and the dark line teleportation has never been activated.

Nalan received a report from his cronies: "Huangfu Dan appeared in a carriage to transport grain. Shen Shi will set off. ”

After listening to a few words, Nalan immediately came to Nangong Yue and asked her to change her appearance and dress up as a sergeant who generally rhymed with food.

After hearing this, Nangong Yue said: "It's not appropriate to be easy to look at me, it's too conspicuous, you go back to the inn, I'll come over when the time comes." ”

Nalan admonished: "Then you hurry up." Shen Shi set off immediately. When he went out, he tore a piece of silk cloth from Nangong Yue, so he walked out of the silk village in a frivolous manner.

Nalan knew that from the note left by Ling Huzhao, thinking carefully, there were not only scouts of the rebels in Qinglong Town, but also some forces waiting for the opportunity to rise. And Huangfu Dan and Sima Cuo, these people are really getting more and more incomprehensible. In addition, I always want to ask Duguyue how he escaped, but I have always forgotten to ask, so it is better to ask this time.

Seeing that Duguyue was helping Sima Cuo gather the people, she shouted: "Dugu Yichang, I have something to do with you, please come and talk about it." ”

Duguyue walked over, and in a deserted place on the side of the street, Nalan asked softly, "Post Chief, can you tell the truth, how did you escape from Murong Cheng's hands?" ”

"Does it matter?"

"It's important that we need to estimate how many forces actually exist in this town."

Duguyue stared at Nalan for a long time, and Nalan kept staring at her sincerely. So, Duguyue told her the bizarre thing about how she got out of a dream after she was captured.

Nalan is very incomprehensible to hear, but looking at Duguyue doesn't look like making up this bizarre story. There were two questions in his mind now: "One is the inconspicuous cave that Ling Hu Zhao mentioned; The second is the nest of trees where Duguyue woke up. "It's a bit confusing.

Then he said to Duguyue: "In the afternoon, Yi Rong will follow the convoy carrying grain to Tongguan. ”

"Why do you want to be disguised?"

"Because there is a key man who is also among the people who carry the grain."

"Who is it?"

"I'm worried that you're impulsive, and I can't tell you yet. This person is very powerful and can do illusions. can quietly make the fox snatch away. ”

"You name it, I promise not to be impulsive!"

"I'll tell you later."

"Why are you like this?"

"You see, it's impulsive now. You stay in Qinglong Town, and you must not expose me to follow the grain transport team to Tongguan, otherwise it will be difficult for you to control the situation alone. ”

……

At the time of Shen, after Nalan changed his appearance, only a few cronies knew, and they said to the outside world that they were the personal soldiers of the head of the camp, personally escorted and mixed in the escort team. The grain in Qinglong Cang is about more than 1,000 stones, and only 500 stones can be transported at a time. "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first", when the war is coming, only the grain and grass are the most important things.

Nalan walked behind the team transporting grain and grass, he had been quietly observing Huangfu Dan, the carriage and horses were the same one he saw in the snow that day, and her cart was also loaded with more than a dozen buckets of grain, but he couldn't see anything unusual about her. But when I think about it, her excellence is often taken advantage of her unpreparedness. In addition, Murong Cheng will not also be ready to move, the hijacking of the mail car when their methods are also vicious and ferocious, this escort, to Tongguan has reached midnight, more worried is whether Murong Cheng and Huangfu Dan have joined forces, if they are united inside and outside, the scuffle will hurt innocent people.

Observing all the way, I didn't see any abnormal behavior of Huangfu Dan. By the time we passed the Tongyu Station, it was already dark, and the sergeants lit torches. Nalan had secretly instructed several cronies that the torch should not be extinguished, and he was worried that Huangfu Dan would be used again until it was dissipated. In the event of an illusion, the carriage is to be set on fire immediately.

Twenty miles further, only more than ten miles away from Tongguan, a team of men and horses holding torches ran over, the atmosphere instantly became tense, the sergeants drew their swords one after another, and the people saw this, dropped the carriage and horses to run. When the people approached, the sergeant in charge stepped forward to talk, and after confirmation, it turned out to be the Tongguan defenders who came to respond, and everyone recovered from the tense atmosphere. The first lieutenant of the team who came said that the grain would be handed over to them, and there was no need for everyone to work hard to send it to Tongguan. Nalan thought, this is almost to Tongguan, why don't you let everyone go in and rest. On second thought, no, the manager didn't say anything about letting people answer beforehand. He hurriedly gave a look to a cronie, and after his faith comprehended it, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Captain, we are almost at Tongguan, let us go into the pass to rest, drink saliva, and eat some food." Everyone is so tired, so they just turn back, afraid that the people won't do it. ”

The lieutenant was on his horse, and when he heard this, he dismounted directly and apologized very politely: "Colleagues, don't embarrass me. In order to prevent the spies from getting in, the grain was delivered here. If you are offended, please forgive me, we also follow the instructions above. ”

The lieutenant was humble and gentle, and there seemed to be no problem with what he said, and he explained it very clearly. The original defenders of Tongguan were only 8,000 people, and if it was reasonable to say that a sergeant did not know him, but if he said that he was a captain, Nalan was somewhat familiar.

At this time, the sergeant in charge said to the captain: "Please show the officer the document of the head of the Tongguan camp, we only recognize the documents, not the person." With the paperwork, we can go back and hand it over. ”

As soon as the captain heard about the paperwork, he shouted to the people behind him: "Show the camp manager paperwork." After speaking, I saw some figures shaking behind me.

Nalan shouted: "There are archers in ambush over there, rush up and kill them back!" Hurry up and send a signal to Tongguan with a rocket! ”

When more than two dozen sergeants heard the voice of their commander, they all drew their swords and rushed towards the group. The archers in the back saw that they were all in a scuffle, and did not dare to shoot their arrows at the fighting team, so they shot their arrows at the back of the group. Several people could not dodge and fell to the ground, wailing.

Soon after the melee, a rocket was shot into the air, and a horn suddenly sounded in the direction of Tongguan, and the sound of shouting and killing could be faintly heard rushing towards this side.

Nalan had been secretly observing Huangfu Dan, but when he shouted, he obviously recognized his voice, and the people were already fighting together, so she only threw down the vehicle with Minfu and fled in all directions.

The other party was only a dozen people, and when he heard that there were people and horses killing in the direction of Tongguan, he immediately became confused, and after being killed a few people, he retreated to the mountains on both sides. Determined to capture the false lieutenant, Nalan took his bow from his horse's shoulder and fired an arrow at the man's edge, struggling in the grass. He shouted, "Catch it alive." Several sergeants ran over to take a look and shouted: "Captain, did you hit the thigh and the arrow smeared with poison?" The man is dead of rage. ”

Nalan hurriedly went over to take a look, and sure enough, he was dead, and pried open his mouth, obviously with poison in his mouth, and when he was injured, he broke himself.