Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tiger's Mouth Gets Rid of the Counsellors
Xu Zhen heard that the enemy was coming, and hurriedly got out of the camp tent and stepped uphill, but saw that the Rouran parade knights had shrunk around the camp, and in the hazy autumn rain under the slope, several horsemen came in a hurry, without flags and flags, but they were dressed as Tang soldiers, and behind them was a team of wild captives, roughly visually measuring the number of more than 100, whistling and waving knives, and the momentum was terrifying!
"Get on the horse! Meet the enemy! ”
Xu Zhen made a decision immediately, Zhou Cang and Gao Heshu and other soldiers were already eager to try, and they heard the brigade commander give the call, slammed the horse stocks, and the journey of 100 people attacked brazenly!
Xu Zhen is in front of a horse, but the foot strength of the good horse under the seat is limited, not as good as Zhou Cang's dragon horse, Gao He Shu has the heart to compete, the two are actually far ahead, Rouran knight and red armor brothers are inferior, with their respective leaders, they have already rushed into the wild captives formation in a short time, and cut off the wild captives!
Zhou Cang shouted, the Pu knife swept over, and a wild captive was shocked, his head had already hit the ground, blood sprayed in the air, and his headless body rushed a long distance in front of the horse, and then he fell to the ground!
Gao He Shu a ride shooting, people did not arrive and first killed, carved arrows broke through the air and roared, such as a poisonous snake hissed, when about to several cloth armor wild captives hole chest, the powerful impact tore the arrow hole, forced the arrow wild captives with Pegasus!
Rouran people are born warriors, and now they have obtained horse armor and bow knives, and the war-loving blood in their bodies is ignited, and with the Gaohe technique to kill the general, the bow in his hand is like a full moon, and the flying feathers are like locust rain lines pouring out, and the group of wild captives bear the brunt, and the front row is instantly shot over more than a dozen people!
Zhang Jiunian and the others saw that the Rouran brothers were powerful, and they didn't let it go, as if they were possessed by the Tiance army, with excellent defense in red armor, and they didn't care about their own safety at all, one by one they went down the mountain like a tiger, waving the blade in their hands, and immediately made a contribution to the wedge-shaped charge, scattering the enemy and stepping out of a bloody road!
Xu Zhen and Kaisa came later, and only then did they see clearly that the Tang soldiers who were being pursued turned out to be Li Decheng and Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang who was guarded by him!
"Get in!"
Xu Zhen shouted violently, and Li Dexuan suddenly understood, and led Li Mingda and the three or four remaining crossbowmen to go around to the back of Xu Zhenjun.
didn't have time to ask more, the long knife in Xu Zhen's hand broke through the air, and a wild captive screamed strangely, but the scimitar in his hand was unambiguous, and Xu Zhen's long knife struck with gold and iron, bursting out a long string of sparks, and the sharp sound of the blade rubbing was unbearable!
Xu Zhen's mouth was painful, but the knife skills he practiced with Zhou Cang were brought into play, twisting the hilt, the advantages of the long knife were revealed, the blade was dragged under the enemy's ribs, and the leather armor on the wild captive was torn open, the huge wound was cut, and the blood flowed like an infusion, and the internal organs were scattered all over the ground!
Caesar came out from Xu Zhen's left side, leaned over the horse's back, and dodged the enemy's horizontal knife head-on, but the two blades in his hands were crossed into a cross, his arms were twisted, and half of the enemy's arms were broken in the air, and he was still holding the horizontal knife in his hand, but the blood sprayed Caesar's whole body!
The crossbowman's arrow cluster has long been exhausted, and he can survive all the way away, and he has long hated the pursuer who took the life of the robe behind him, and immediately followed Li De Award to return to kill, the enemy was scattered in formation, and was shocked by Xu Zhenbu Haosheng, who suddenly killed, and at this moment, he was beheaded several levels by Li De Award and the remaining crossbowmen!
Zhou Cang, Gao Heshu and others came into the world like fierce gods, and after several collisions, the corpses of the enemy had fallen to the ground, and the survivors were as dead as if they were dead, and they no longer dared to fight, and fled backwards with a roar!
It is also a journey of 100 people, under a collision, a judgment was made, not to mention that Xu Zhenbu was well-equipped, just to say that Zhou Cang and others were strong in martial arts, and after a hundred battles, they were banished to the death mine to temper and sharpen, and they already had a different understanding of life and death, and Rouran people regarded death as home, and they had already surpassed the enemy in terms of momentum!
Under the situation of eliminating the strengths of the other, this enemy army is estimated to have been frightened before they have figured out the true name of Xu Zhen's brigade headquarters!
Zhou Cang and Gao Heshu sneered a few times, as if they were competing to see who could behead more, without Xu Zhen calling the shot, the two immediately led their respective brothers, and it was another cover-up, so they proudly accepted the horse's hooves, and several roads of blood and corpses behind them were simply shocking!
Seeing that the crisis was over, Xu Zhen hurriedly reined in his horse, pointed at Li Dexuan with a long knife and scolded: "Li Lang is so confused! I don't know how important it is, why I took her out of the Liangzhou camp! ”
Li Dexian's face was gloomy, and he was not ashamed, so he had to sigh wordlessly, and the three or four crossbowmen behind him were so sad and indignant that they dismounted in anger, looking around for the wounded to mend their knives, so as to vent their anger at being killed!
Li Mingda's face was pale, and only then did he blush a little, seeing the corpses all over the ground, but his throat was tight, and when he heard Xu Zhen reprimanding Li Dexian, he hurriedly came forward and made everything he saw and heard and thought with Xu Zhen in private.
At this time, Zhang Jiunian and the others had already returned, and seeing that Xu Zhen had no joy of victory, his heart couldn't help but feel uneasy, but he heard Xu Zhen scolding like thunder: "The erector misunderstood me!" ”
Zhang Jiunian naturally recognized Li De Award, and he was suspicious in his heart, so he hurriedly dismounted, and after a search, his face changed greatly.
"These are not Tugu Hun wild captives, but the deeds of the Tang Dynasty (Note 1)!" After discovering this hidden secret, Zhang Jiunian's heart fluttered, and he looked at Xu Zhen with a puzzled face.
The matter has come to this, Xu Zhen can no longer hide it, otherwise even if these brothers are willing to die for themselves, he doesn't want his brothers to die in vain, so he simply tells the ins and outs of the matter one by one.
Unexpectedly, everyone was not too surprised, but Zhang Jiunian became more and more calm, squinting his eyes slightly, obviously thinking about the cause and effect.
The Qibi clan has been in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and the lord Qibi He Li (Note 2) has won the favor of the sage, and was placed in Ganliang Erzhou, where he was appointed as the general of the left leading army, and this time he became one of the generals of Tuyuhun.
Now that they have returned to the Tang Dynasty, the Tiele clan Qibi disguised themselves as Tang soldiers, why did this group of Qibi people pretend to be wild captives?
Zhang Jiunian only needs to raise a few doubts, Xu Zhen has already seen the truth of the matter, this is definitely the masterpiece of the Hou family's father and son!
used Murong Xiao's escape to blame Li Dejiao, so that Li Mingda could not return to the camp, and then recruited the Qibi people to pretend to be wild captives and kill Li Mingda in the grassland, who will find out the clues at that time?
Moreover, even if Li Dexuan and Li Mingda found him Xu Zhen and temporarily escaped from the pursuit, when ** chased him, he would be able to easily charge Xu Zhen with the crime of attacking and killing the same army!
Such a treacherous scheme can be said to be counted in one fell swoop!
Once he learns that Xu Zhen killed dozens of his brothers by mistake, even if Xu Zhen can return to Liangzhou smoothly, it is estimated that he will have to eat a good pot!
Xu Zhen thought about it carefully, and he didn't feel that his heart was cold, this Tang man played tricks, but he was not ambiguous, but Xu Zhen had seen too many dirty insiders of this kind of intrigue, and he also had preliminary countermeasures in his heart, but he still set his eyes on Zhang Jiunian and asked sincerely: "What plan can Mr. teach me?" There is an urgent urgency, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”
Zhang Jiunian frowned, and was silent for a long time, and then he said: "There are three strategies, light and dark, and the lord can choose to do it..."
Xu Zhenrong tilted his ears, his expression was humble, Zhang Jiunian secretly touched up in his heart, and then he continued: "Although Hou Poyu is narrow-minded and jealous, he is still young and lacks experience, so he can't come up with such an interlocking thief's plan, and then there must be a master to guide him, Hou Junji, as a general of an army, is not only to avoid suspicion, but also impossible to get involved personally, so it can be concluded that there must be someone to undertake and convey here, so the news will be conveyed back, and there must be a delay..."
Zhang Jiunian said this, paused slightly, Xu Zhen had already heard the implication, if there was a delay, all the Chebi cavalry would be killed, the news could not be passed back, and the serial plan was naturally cut off in public, but Mo said that the Chebi cavalry had fled, even if he could catch up, Xu Zhen would not be able to do such a evil thing.
Seeing that Xu Zhen was slightly moved, Zhang Jiunian continued: "A certain strategy, when turning the passive into the active, going against the current, and going head-on, you can escort the nobles back to the camp, but instead accuse someone of privately letting Murong Xiao go, framing the nobles and Li Dexian's brothers, the latter is concerned about the overall situation, pursuing the fugitives, but was inexplicably pursued and killed by the cavalry of the Qibi Department, please go up to investigate the inside story thoroughly, but the other party has the intention to do it, this strategy is inevitably self-defeating, it is the next policy, the only advantage is to avoid being assassinated in the wild." ”
"Second, this serial poisonous plan started because of Murong Xiao, as long as Murong Xiao is captured, all the truth will naturally be revealed, but the grassland is vast, and if you want to capture the indigenous Murong Xiao, it is really a needle in a haystack.
"A certain strategy, is to remain unchanged in response to all changes, let him wind and rain, I deal with it calmly, the retreat of the Chebi Department, there must be backup, we should wait for the rabbit, surprise to cover up its unpreparedness, to one to hurt one, to two to hurt a pair, only capture and not kill, the bigger the trouble, the better, as long as it can attract attention, you are not afraid that someone will secretly frame you, and you can't pull the enemy out of the shadows, then let yourself be exposed to the scorching sun, so that all conspiracies and tricks can not get close to yourself, it can be described as a good strategy to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle!"
Zhang Jiunian's face was slightly red, it was the first time to give advice to the lord, and it was inevitable that there was a little more expectation and excitement in his heart, Xu Zhen could hear the three strategies, and secretly speculated in his heart, he already had an opinion, and immediately ordered someone to clean up the mess, bury the deceased of the Qibi Department, set up a military flag in front of the grave, and ordered the Rouran knights to patrol around, looking for a suitable place to settle without mentioning.
Li Mingda saw that Xu Zhen was commanding in an orderly manner and had an extraordinary bearing, secretly stroked the crossbow on his waist, and was chased all the way, she was so frightened that she couldn't even launch a crossbow arrow, and she was ashamed in her heart, and she was even more resentful when she saw that the crossbowman and Li Dexuan were injured, which was not only hatred for the enemy, but also indisputable anger for herself.
After Xu Zhen finished arranging the scheduling, he came with Caesar and asked Li Mingda, "Girl, I want Caesar to protect you, are you willing?" ”
Li Mingda's heart tightened, it was Mo Ya and Kaisa who designed to steal it out of Chang'an, but now the situation has reversed, and it is really unsettling to let Kaisa act as a personal guard, she looked directly at Xu Zhen's eyes, and shook her head firmly, at this moment, except for Xu Zhen, she can't believe anyone.
Xu Zhen glanced back at Kaisa, who was expressionless, and he could only smile and reveal the matter.
He straightened Li Mingda's helmet, and then said solemnly to Li Dexian: "Now, it's time for us to think about Murong Xiao's whereabouts." ”
(Note 1: Ancient family names.) One of the tribes of Tiele (Tiele), he lived in the northwest of Yanqi during the Sui and Tang dynasties. In the sixth year of Zhenguan (632 AD), it was returned to the Tang Dynasty. Sweet and cool. Later, he migrated north to Wuteqin Mountain (now the eastern branch of Hangai Mountain). "The New Tang Dynasty Book: The Uighur Legend": "Qibi is also called Qibi Yu, in the northwest of Yanqi Yingsa River, and more to the south of Gezhi. ”)
(Note 2: Khibi Holi (?-677), a Turkic whose grandfather and father were both khans. "Cheri" is the name of the tribe to which he belongs, and "He Li" is his name. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, he and his mother led more than 1,000 people in the headquarters to return to the Tang Dynasty, the battle of Tuyuhun, the conquest of Gaochang, Qiuzi, Pingxi Turks, the conquest of Goguryeo and other battles have made great contributions, after his death, Gaozong posthumously awarded the general of the auxiliary state, and the governor of the state, and moved the Liangguo Duke to accompany the burial of Zhaoling. )