The drizzle in early autumn was a little boring, the barracks were muddy, and the smell was even more unbearable, Hou Poyu had no intention of going out.

His tent was covered with dry felt, and there was a smell of sweat in the tent, and he was drinking goat's milk wine with his sweaty body, while there was a plump woman lying on the bed behind him, her skin was as white as snow, her cheeks, neck and chest were still flushed, and her white fish-like body was still trembling slightly.

The woman had a brand on her arm, apparently taken from a slave camp, and her body and face were seven or eight points similar to Caesar's, but the black pupils had a lot of points.

Hou Poyu wiped the wine stains on his lips, and two clouds of jealousy and anger suddenly lit up in his empty eyes, he clenched the goat's milk wine leather bag, and said to himself viciously: "Damn Xu Zhen! Damn the Li boy! One day, I, Hou Poyu, will let you taste the bitter fruit of your own brewing! ”

He is not a person in a hurry, although Caesar is full of mature charm, and he is an exotic bearded girl, which is enough to make men crazy, but Hou Poyu indulges in flowers, what kind of woman has not tasted? He just wanted to humiliate Xu Zhen by ravaging Caesar!

As soon as he thought of this, his jealousy turned into endless desire, his lower abdomen became hot, and he dragged the "stand-in" of Caesar who was still muffled ** to the bed, looking at the female slave who was bare and white, sinking her back with an amazing arc, his eyes suddenly lit up!

Just as he was about to carry his gun into battle, a hurried cry came from outside the tent: "Report! Urgent! ”

"Dog slave! Don't get in here yet! Hou Poyu slapped the female slave's peach buttocks, the latter got into the quilt, Hou Poyu grabbed the green shirt next to the bed, put it on at will, and saw a civilian clothes scout running in in a panic outside, it was one of the people he sent out to follow Xu Zhen!

The scout buried his head deeply, did not dare to look directly at the spring in the tent, and reported what he had seen and heard in the most concise words, but Hou Poyu was suddenly surprised, and ordered someone to quickly inform the captain Zhang Shenzhi to gather the soldiers and horses, and he put on military armor and prepared to eat this small group of Tuyuhun soldiers and horses!

He himself didn't expect to be able to fight crookedly, thanks to God's favor, he wanted to collect Xu Zhen and Li Deqian's disciplinary behavior, but he never thought that he would find out that Murong attacked the mine camp, which is a great merit that fell from the sky!

Murong Xiao's Murong Department is the descendant of the Xianbei Murong clan in Liaodong, the founder of the Tuyuhun clan, occupying most of the ruling class, and the rest of the Qiang and Kangju people are slightly weaker, but after the remnants of the Western Turks joined, they often stirred up the wind and rain.

As a descendant of the royal family, Murong Xiao is fierce and brave by nature, although he is only a captain of one side, but in addition to the regular army of the royal family, his subordinates also gathered a large number of Xiliang horse thieves, often plundering the border of the Tang Dynasty, and he is also famous and surnamed in the border of Liangzhou.

Hou Poyu's heart was full of joy, once he really took Murong Xiao down, he could go one step further and become a lieutenant with real power or even another general, he was just gilded at the grassroots level, after getting military merits, his son Chen Guogong Hou Junji would be able to transfer him back to the military department and enjoy himself in Chang'an City!

Zhang Shenzhiming is the adopted son of Zhang Liang, the Duke of Yunguo, but in fact he is just a servant of a retainer driven by others, with no great strength and no martial arts, but he has been singing and practicing a good long tongue for many years, and once made Zhang Liang's wife Zhang Li comfortable to serve, at this time I heard that I was really going to lead the troops to fight, and my heart was constantly drumming.

Fortunately, Hou Poyu was young when he arrived, the so-called general door tiger, Hou Junji ranked among the heroes, in the early years of the expedition, he was one of the famous generals, Hou Poyu has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he is not a weak chicken, Sicang joined the army and others are all looking forward to his horse, and the armor has already been prepared, Hou Poyu immediately ordered five hundred light horses, and went out of the camp.

The big war is imminent, but the coach Li Jing has not yet entered the camp, so everyone is also disciplined, but the wild captives are unreasonable, from time to time to disturb the border plunder, large and small conflicts are also constant, over time, small fights and small conflicts, everyone also acquiesced to the first cut and then play, of course, the premise is that the victory can be won, and the defeat is naturally accountable.

Hou Poyu successively sent five people to monitor Xu Zhen and Li Deqian, and the military information obtained was also very detailed, this Murong cavalry was at most 300 people, but it was too easy to set foot on a mining camp if they were prepared and carry out a surprise attack.

But Murong Xiao didn't expect the Tang people to be so resolute, and actually drove all the mine slaves out of the camp, although the defenseless and weak mine slaves were not much of a threat, but the sergeants of Chen Wang's battalion hid behind the mine slaves and fired cold arrows, and the cavalry of the Murong Department was also a little unbearable.

Murong Xiao's last mission failed, and only a bare-pole lieutenant like him was left in the thirty-eight cavalry, and he had already lost face in the army, and finally persuaded the upper echelons to capture Mo Ya and his people, but escaped a crucial female assassin, Caesar.

After all, Tuyuhun is a nomadic tribe, lacking resources such as pig iron, and now it is autumn, and it is about to usher in a cold winter, so they continue to plunder the border, and after the scouts report back to the mining area here, Murong Xiao finally found a chance to save face, this time he led three hundred cavalry, just leveling the mining area, and snatching back the resources and slave horses!

However, what he didn't expect was that although this was only a shallow sulfur coal deposit, there were many defenders, and in order to prevent the mine slaves from rioting, there was no disadvantage in the equipment.

This is a great opportunity for Murong Xiao to prove himself, if he fails again this time, then even if he is a descendant of the royal family, he will lose his momentum, but what he didn't expect was that when the two sides were stalemate, there was a new force from the side to surround and kill, all the Tang light cavalry!

These light cavalry standard leather armor covered their bodies, first released a wave of sword rain, and immediately swept down a large area of Murong cavalry, a cursory glance, there were more than 30 people who fell off the horse!

After the front row of cavalry released their arrows, the rear light cavalry waved a cold and dazzling horizontal knife, and the iron hooves rumbled against the heartstrings of the earth, almost crashing into Murong Xiao's team between breaths, the sound of poofing and breaking armor was endless, the wailing and screaming could not bear to enter the ears, the blood was sprayed into the air, and the whole team was suddenly filled with the breath of death, which was mixed with the smell of blood and feces!

Murong Xiao was so angry that he was about to tear his eyes, he slapped the horse and came, the scimitar slashed down, and a personal guard next to Hou Poyu was chopped off the horse with his head and shoulders, Murong Xiao screamed, fighting with Hou Poyu in one place!

When the mine area was fighting, Xu Zhen and the others also stopped in the secret passage, because Zhang Jiunian, who was strategizing and thinking that he was a bamboo in his chest, found that the second half of the secret passage was actually sealed by falling rocks!

As early as half a year ago, they had dug through the secret passage, in order not to arouse suspicion, they did not dare to come in often to check, never thought that they would be blocked by loose falling rocks, no wonder this road became more and more stuffy, even the flames of the torches slowly dimmed, it turned out that the passage was sealed, and now the breath was closed!

Zhang Jiunian and his brothers only brought stone knives, and other tools were not in their hands, and now it is obviously not wise to turn back to get the tools, but with a pair of fleshy palms, it is impossible to move the huge falling rocks away.

A few people relied on the strength of the bull and wanted to use their shoulders to push the boulder open, but the boulder did not move at all, and several people gasped like cattle, and they were defeated after all.

Xu Zhen thought that Zhang Jiunian was bound to win, but he didn't expect a change halfway, and he was also disappointed in his heart, so he couldn't help asking: "Is there any other way out?" ”

Zhang Jiunian shook his head, and the brothers sat down on the ground in a daze, and the black man who had threatened and intimidated Xu Zhen before kicked the boulder like a fuss, and sat down in frustration after a while.

Xu Zhen moved to the edge of the boulder, kicked the black man coldly, and said indifferently: "Get away, let me take a closer look." ”

The black man was about to get up and make a move, but it could be seen that Xu Zhen's expression was serious, and he turned his head to Zhang Jiunian to cast an inquiring gaze, and the latter nodded lightly, and the black man got up with a grin.

Xu Zhen stroked the bulging stone, his heart suddenly became suspicious, and he summoned Li Deqian, the two of them looked at it carefully, and exchanged something in a low voice, Zhang Jiunian was vigilant in his heart, raised the torch and moved it, but heard Xu Zhen say: "This stone is not born naturally, but carved by man... If so..."

Zhang Jiunian's heart was shocked, and he followed Xu Zhen's gaze to the top of the secret passage, and really saw that there was a gap above the boulder, and the boulder rolled down from above, which smashed the secret passage!

"Dig it for me!"

Xu Zhen and Li Deqian moved away with interest, and the black man and the other two came forward and broke off the gravel on the boulder with their bare hands, and after a while, a smooth stone slab was revealed.

Although there are gaps and gaps between the stone slab and the boulder, the widest part is only the size of two fists, and the notches are uneven, so you can't get out at all, but through the torch, you can see that there is a lot of space above the boulder!

"This is very likely to be the sealing stone of the tomb..."This is the conclusion that Li Deqian and Xu Zhen came to after discussing with each other, and the facts also directly prove that there is a tomb above this secret passage!

However, this slab is very thick, and it cannot be broken by manpower alone, let alone widened, and it is not easy to escape from it.

The black men were defeated again, but Xu Zhen looked up at the stone slab, touched his chin and pondered, and whispered to himself: "Maybe you can give it a try..."

Zhang Jiunian's attention has always been attracted by Xu Zhen, this young man always has a transcendent composure and profundity, so when he saw Xu Zhen put his hand on the belt of the flying knife, Zhang Jiunian hurriedly lit up Xu Zhen with the torch.

"Don't be nervous, it's all this time, I still want to save some strength to escape, I won't be stupid enough to fight with you." Xu Zhen calmly comforted Zhang Jiunian, and after a pause, he laughed weirdly, and then said to Zhang Jiunian: "I have a way to get out of here, but before that, I want to tell you what I think." ”

Zhang Jiunian was silent, Xu Zhen continued: "I know that you are Zhang Yungu's retainers, and I know that you are not simple goods, you boast of your intelligence, I believe that you have already considered the past days, you should know very well that it is you who took this young man of Li Guogong hostage and escaped this catastrophe, but what about the future?" Could it be that he fell into the grass for a lifetime, walked in the grass, and his relatives could not live in peace all day long? ”

Xu Zhen's words really caused these people to think, they had thought that even if they fell into the grass, it was better than being a slave here.

But everyone is like this, when there is a better choice in front of you, you will know that the decision you made in the first place is not the best one.

Because Xu Zhen gave them a better choice next.

"I am a real pro-guard team, and I also have some connections in the army, otherwise the young man of Li Guogong's family will not walk with me, I believe that the old brother should be very clear about this, I can let you get out of slavery, join my team, mix with me, maybe also pin your head to the waistband of your pants all day long, not much better than walking the rivers and lakes, but you have a legal and formal status, and the war is imminent, with your skills and courage, you are worried that you will not be able to achieve fame on the horse?"

Zhang Jiunian and his brothers were silent.

(Note: Zhang Liang is a famous general of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, he abandoned his deceased wife at the beginning and took the Li family, Zhang Li was dissolute by nature, and often fornicated with others. Zhang Shenji is a singer, so the author is rewritten here as Zhang Shenzhi, who served as a lieutenant in the Liangzhou battalion, and was Hou Poyu's top boss, but actually obeyed Hou Yan. ）