Chapter 205: A Hundred Cavalry Joins the General

Outside Ningyuan City, on the bank of the Yeji River, the peaceful land is bathed in the warm afterglow of the sunset, herds of cattle and sheep are dotted in the lush alfalfa grass that is over the knees, and the precipitated grass seeds are gently swaying in the breeze, driving the alfalfa grass to dance the dance steps of the 'fascinating' people, and the rhythmic grass 'waves' one 'wave' after another. Edified in the breath of the breeze, the wind is not intoxicating and everyone is drunk. The sea of purple 'colors' and 'flowers' that used to be everywhere in the past is gradually fading, and the occasional purple 'color' is the attachment to this grassland in summer, and perhaps the enthusiastic 'woman' god in summer wants to remind people that she has been here and dedicated her fiery fire.

In the grass, two herdsmen stood side by side, but strangely, the herdsmen's intention was not to cattle and sheep, but to roll in the red dust in the distance. The two of them looked solemn, raised their hands to protect their eyes, blocking the still dazzling sunlight, and at the end of their eyes was the cavalry team returning from training.

"Brother Lu, what do you think?" One of the two herdsmen had a hint of weakness in his words.

"Hehe, tough, in addition to being tough or tough. Otherwise, how could they destroy the resistance of the Tubo people, no, the Tubo people can't even be called resistance, they can only be called struggling. The older herdsman's tone was relaxed, but his expression was a little complicated.

"It's just that they are not unscrupulous, their composition is complex, and it is never a good thing to 'wander' on the border of my Datang."

The young one disagreed, and said: "Datang is still concerned about your, why didn't Datang worry about you when you were a slave?" I now wonder if I should join them, or go back to my brothers and fight with the Tibetans. ”

An older herdsman sneered, "You butcher, still thinking about the horse bandits? How far can you escape with your current body? Besides, do you know the way? Don't go around in circles and come back to die. Don't look at us as polite to them, once we anger them, we will kill people without blinking. ”

"Brother Lu also underestimated me Tu Bulie too much, can I stop them if I want to steal them? Although Bu Lie is a horse bandit, he also knows how to distinguish grievances and grievances, and if there is kindness, he should repay it, and if he has revenge, he will revenge. If they don't want to be enemies of Tibet, Bu Lie should borrow a horse and go, wait for the head of the Tubo to pay tribute to his brother, and then return to return to the favor. ”

The young herdsman is the tenacious Tu Bulie. More than ten days ago, he was sent back to Ningyuan City by the crow's men, fortunately, Li Huaitang paid great attention to medical treatment, and there was no shortage of 'medicine' for treating external injuries. After he was able to go to the ground, he volunteered to be a shepherd with Lu Shangqing and them. According to him, find something to do, and the injury will heal faster.

And Lu Shangqing was a literati and was not used to the work of building cities, so Li Huaitang threw him to Wu 'Meng', and Wu 'Meng' naturally classified him as the old and weak, and let them go to herd cattle and sheep.

Lu Shangqing and Tu Buyeol are two people from different environments, they have no common language, it is fate that brings the two of them together to become difficult brothers, at this moment, the boundary between the two is not so obvious, and it can even be said that it is not an exaggeration.

"Blatantly borrowing a horse?" As if hearing the funniest joke, Lu Shangqing pointed at Tu Bulie and laughed.

"Why not?" Tu Bulie glared at Lu Shangqing angrily.

Lu Shangqing restrained his smile and said, "You haven't seen the general's eyes, anyway, I don't believe that he will let us go easily." His tribe is in need of a population, and coincidentally, we are the young and strong, the young and strong he desires the most, and perhaps, this will be our place in this life. ”

"What's so bad about that? Didn't you say that this place is good, people make the best use of their talents, and the opportunities are fair. "Xiucai literati are always different, which is one of the reasons why Tu Buyeo looks down on Lu Shangqing's generation. He is too lazy to argue with Xiucai, and he can't guess whether he succeeds or not, anyway, he thinks that he is above board, at most the general refuses to let go.

"Humph! What do you butchers know? ”

Lu Shangqing turned his face away, and he didn't look at Tu Buyeol. He was also struggling inside, and he thought that with his level, it would not be difficult to get a job here, and it would be fairly easy to get ahead. But firstly, the identity here is very embarrassing, and it will inevitably make people laugh in the future, secondly, he can't pull down, since he hesitated and didn't choose to join, it seems too embarrassing to take the initiative to ask now, and third, the situation of this General Ning Yuan is very bad, offending the Tubo people and offending the Tuqi Shi people, either of the two powerful forces is enough to make this small Ningyuan City go up in smoke, which he sees very clearly, and it also occupies the greatest weight in his mind. Should he repay his kindness and share the same hatred with Ning Yuancheng, or should the gentleman not stand under the dangerous wall? Lu Shangqing hesitated.

However, what if you can go back to Datang? Since Datang couldn't give him a chance in the past, his status as a slave made his future even bleaker. With a wait-and-see attitude, Lu Shangqing decided to wait and see, maybe the situation will change after the family is replaced.

"See that over there?" Tu Buyeo pointed to a small group of horses grazing a hundred steps away on his right, and said to Lu Shangqing, "Help me 'get' a horse over." ”

"Huh? Are you crazy? The horse has no saddle, can you escape? Lu Shangqing came back to his senses and looked at the outlaw in front of him incredulously.

Tu Bulie grinned and said, "Who said I was going to escape? I just wanted to meet the long-known general. If you want to leave, you have to borrow a horse from him first. What are you grinding, you go quickly, if it is any longer, the general will enter the city. ”

I don't know why, maybe there was some kind of expectation in my heart, Lu Shangqing did not refuse Tu Buyeol's suggestion, under the cover of alfalfa grass, he climbed on a horse and led the horses to run towards Tu Buyeol, the wrangler soon noticed that something was wrong, and chased after him angrily.

As the herd of horses passed by, Tu Buyeo grabbed a horse and jumped up. His good equestrian foundation allowed him to control the unsaddled horses without difficulty, his legs tightly clamped the horse's belly, his upper body lay on the horse's back, his hands were just right to wrap around the horse's neck, and quickly waded across the Yeji River, rushing towards the cavalry that was about to enter the city.

The movement of stealing horses alarmed the light cavalry entering the city, and dozens of cavalry trained to surround them, waiting for uninvited guests with unknown intentions.

There was no resistance, and Tu Buyeol and Lu Shangqing were obediently pulled off their horses. The cavalrymen recognized Lu Shangqing, and they didn't embarrass them too much, and when they heard that they wanted to see the general, they escorted them back to receive the order.

"Tu Buye, a man from the mountains and wilderness, has seen the general, and thanks to the general for saving his life." Tu Buyeo finally saw his savior, a mighty knight who was unexpectedly young. Since ancient times, heroes have come out of teenagers! Tu Buye's heart couldn't help but admire.

Li Huaitang was riding on horseback, and the person who came was very unfamiliar, and what he said made him even more confused. Li Huaitang frowned, couldn't remember when he had saved this person, and looked at Lu Shangqing suspiciously.

"General, this person is the person who was tortured by the princess of Tubo to the point of almost dying, and was sent back by someone sent by the general more than ten days ago." Lu Shangqing is good at observing words and 'colors', and reminds Li Huaitang unhurriedly.

"Oh! It turned out to be you. Li Huaitang suddenly realized that when the crow sent someone to send this person back, he thought that this person would not be able to be saved, but he didn't expect that after only more than ten days, he stood up tenaciously, and now he can still ride a horse, jumping in front of his eyes.

"Tu Buyeol, well, as his name suggests, is a tough man. I see that your riding skills are good, how about it, are you interested in joining my cavalry? Li Huaitang cherished his talents, and lost no time in pulling up the strong man.

Tu Buyeo said in a resolute tone: "General Cheng 'Meng' can afford it. Bu Lie is not a person who does not want to repay his kindness, but he has the revenge of his brother and the hatred of his robe, so he has to repay it first. Therefore, I asked the general to borrow a good horse and a sword, and when I got revenge, he would return the general a surprise one day. ”

After hearing this, Li Huaitang was silent, his eyes staring directly at Tu Buyeol.

Lu Shangqing was uneasy, he regretted a little that he shouldn't have followed Tu Bulie over to make trouble. However, Li Huaitang's next words made his eyeballs widen and almost fell to the ground.

"Zi said: If there is revenge, it should be avenged, and it is the husband. Six monkeys, bring him a war horse. ”

"This Tang knife is my war knife, and I will give it to you now." Tu Bulie didn't twist either, he simply took the big food war horse brought by the six monkeys and the Tang knife in Li Huaitang's hand, turned over on the horse, patted the horse's neck, 'touched' and 'touched' the knife in his hand, and said: "Good horse, good knife!" Bu Lie didn't know what to do, and hoped that the general would forgive his sins. The great kindness of the general will be reported in the coming day. ”

Li Huaitang said with a smile: "It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. There is no need to be in such a hurry, it is not too late to walk after the injury is fully recovered, and the materials needed on the road can be borrowed from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. ”

"Well, thank you for your great kindness. Bu Lie will not hinder the general's military affairs, farewell! After speaking, Tu Bulie rode away in a dashing manner.

Lu Shangqing felt very incredible, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, until Li Huaitang woke him up.

"Oh, General, I'm distracted, forgive, forgive." Lu Shangqing sneered.

"Aren't you leaving with your friends?" Li Huaitang's tone was very light, and he didn't mean to blame.

Lu Shangqing shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Friend? Not count. He is a horse bandit, I am a lifter, I am not all the way with him at all, but the arrangement of fate 'yin' and yang has brought me and him together. ”

Li Huaitang said with a smile: "Then you are still 'very' righteous, accompany him to borrow a horse from me." ”

Lu Shangqing said: "He said that he was going to borrow a horse, I was very curious, and at the same time I wanted to see what the general's attitude was." Unexpectedly, the result was much more than I expected. Accident, accident. ”

Li Huaitang smiled: "Accident? What a surprise in this. ”

Lu Shangqing said: "Then, I will also borrow a horse from the general to go back to the Tang Dynasty, can I?" ”

"No way!" Li Huaitang shook his head resolutely.

"Why not? Could it be that the general looks down on me? Lu Shangqing was a little angry.

Li Huaitang looked at Tu Bulie, who had become a black spot on the riverbank in the distance, and said, "You are different from him. If you can endure his suffering and survive, then I will do what you wish. ”

"Lu is strange, why does the general value him so much?" Lu Shangqing is angry, he is full of experience, how can he not compare to a butcher and horse bandit?

Li Huaitang said: "Tu Bulie is a strong-willed person with a clear purpose. If it is not for great loyalty and bravery, it is a great 'traitor' and a great evildoer. I'm betting, betting that he's the former, and he'll come back naturally. ”

"And what if he's the latter?" Lu Shangqing was very unconvinced.

"If it's the latter, it's also a scourge for me to force him to stay, and it's better for him to harm others than to let him make trouble here. I don't lose anything. After speaking, Li Huaitang laughed.

"Who does the general think I am?" Lu Shangqing asked angrily.

Li Huaitang laughed again and said, "Bright tribesmen." ”

"You? Outrageous! Lu Shangqing, who felt that he was being tricked, decided to show his ability, so he put away his indignant 'color' and said calmly: "If Lu is not mistaken, the general will go on an expedition to the Turbid Cavalry in the near future." ”

Li Huaitang's first reaction was to be "carried by the wind", and this person in front of him must be meticulous. The second reaction was that the blind cat bumped into a dead mouse, 'blind'. No matter which reaction, Li Huaitang was shocked, and the idea of killing people flashed through his mind.

"I said, Lao Lu, you can really pull it, and you really dare to pull it." Li Huaitang tried his best to hide his surprised expression, staring at Lu Shangqing's eyes with his eyes, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

Lu Shangqing was unmoved, his gaze did not avoid, and Li Huaitang's shocked expression flashed just now even more firmly in his thoughts.

"Lu just dares to talk about it, but the general dares to think and dare to do it, his eyes are empty, and he is shocking."

Li Huaitang looked around, and then said, "Oh? What does Mr. Lu think Li is thinking, what he wants to do, and how to shock the world? ”

Lu Shangqing said: "The general's plan is to take the initiative to attack, strike first, and take the unsuspecting turks by surprise. ”

"Why does the gentleman say that?" Unconsciously in public, Li Huaitang's tone of address to Lu Shangqing also changed.

"Although Lu doesn't know soldiers, he also knows how to see clues in subtleties."

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Seeing that he had guessed Li Huaitang's thoughts, Lu Shangqing was quite proud, so he brought the thoughts in his heart one by one.

"First, I once heard that the army of tigers and wolves will go on an expedition, and the murderous aura of Tengteng will be 'exposed'. Looking at the general's generals today, although the military discipline is strict and silent, they all 'reveal' a 'color' of anticipation and leaping 'desire', and there is no lack of terrifying murderous aura among the fierce people. Presumably because of the fall of the Great War and the dedication of the sergeants. ”

"Lu has been paying attention to the general's training these days. With each passing day, the cavalry increased in equipment and supplies they carried. For example, feather arrows, a few days ago, there were two pots per ride, since yesterday, the number has increased to four, and today, there are hundreds of strong pack horses, and the pack horses are accompanied by bundles of arrows and warm clothes. I'm afraid this is not as simple as the training that the general said. ”

"Third, these days, the construction speed of the city walls of Ningyuan City has suddenly accelerated, while the buildings in the city have almost come to a standstill, and the vigilance atmosphere is much more tense than when I first came. The inside is tight and the outside is loose, but it proves that maybe a strong enemy is coming, and maybe the main force of the general is going to go on the march. ”

"While the general saved us, he also offended the Tibetans and the Turgish. The Tubo people are far away from the mountains and mountains, and they can't threaten here for the time being, but the Tuqi Shi people are much closer to here, although I don't know where the Tuqi Shi people are, but I have also heard the Tubo people say that they can reach the town of Broken Leaves after crossing this place and walking for more than a month. If the general passively waits for the two families to join forces, Ning Yuancheng will inevitably be unprotected. Therefore, the general had the idea of taking risks. Fourth, too. ”

"Fifth, the general forgot that I was in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In the past few days, I have heard from the people that their relatives in the army have not been able to see each other, and they are not allowed to see each other. Lu dared to guess that the general was preparing for a top-secret military operation. ”

"Combined with all kinds of clues, Lu is very sure that the general must deal with the Tuqi Shi people."

Lu Shangqing wrenched his fingers and finished in one breath. At the end, he also admired Li Huaitang's complicated expression with a show-off smile, waiting for his affirmation.

"Finished?" Li Huaitang watched Lu Shangqing's performance quietly, to be honest, Lu Shangqing's analysis surprised him very much, he didn't expect that such a side knock could also achieve the secret obtained by risking his life with the wind. The heart of cherishing talents made Li Huaitang want to recruit, and a fox smile was sandwiched at the corner of his mouth.

Lu Shangqing's surprised 'color' when he saw Li Huaitang suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a kind of smiling smile, and there was a tendency to become a fox.

"Gives you two choices. First, I lack a hundred cavalry generals, and second, click! ”

Li Huaitang made a knife shape with his hand, slashed at the neck, and dubbed in his mouth.

"Huh!?" Lu Shangqing found that what he did just now was really stupid, and he was happy, but there was always only one loser, and that was himself. Knowing other people's secrets, being exterminated is a very good thing, although Li Huaitang gave him the opportunity to choose to surrender, but he can go to war, or go to fight the powerful Turgian Shiren, what is the difference between this and sending him to death, but it is just to postpone the time a little and change the knife.

"Lord, General, you better lock me up. I promise not to talk too much. Lu Shangqing pleaded in frustration.

"No, I don't have that many people. Besides, I don't want to make a fuss, it's not negotiable. You're either killed, or you're going to follow me and be your commander of the hundred cavalry. ”

Li Huaitang pulled out a scimitar and shook it in front of Lu Shangqing, deliberately 'shooting' the sunset back into his face.

The threat is clearly the threat of force from Chiguoguo.

Smart people are afraid of death. Lu Shangqing is especially afraid of death, not because he is particularly smart, but for the most common reason, he is timid.

"Then, can I not go with the army to the territory of the Turgish?" Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, Lu Shangqing proposed a compromise.

Li Huaitang was silent, and raised the scimitar in his hand to answer.

History tells us that when the weak little daughter-in-law 'wife' meets the good 'lust' and strong mountain king, if she does not resolutely choose to be the 'wife' of the chaste martyr, then only the shy 'desire' will be left to refuse.

Lu Shangqing, who was extremely depressed, didn't even have the mood to pretend to shirk, and was helplessly pushed onto the horse by Li Huaitang's own soldiers, and since then he has become a hundred cavalry generals who he thinks are nondescript. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon