Chapter 353: Deus Ex the Encirclement

When the Tang Dynasty, which had traveled thousands of miles and had a tired face, entered the basin where Gaochang City was located, it was only after a while that it suddenly found that it was far warmer here than outside.

The members of these missions burst into cheers as they watched the shallow rivers wind their way through the basin, revealing half of the riverbed, and at the sight of the large trees standing by the river, swaying in the wind. Along the way, I was used to seeing the yellow sand, and when I saw this curved stream and the big trees, my mood changed unconsciously.

When we arrived at Gaochang City, it was late in the afternoon.

At this time, Gaochang has a blue sky, and a round of white sun hangs in the sky, sprinkling ten thousand rays of light. Shining on the wall of the tall Gaochang City, it looks magnificent. Although they were accustomed to seeing the Central Plains, especially the tall city wall of Chang'an, when they saw the Gaochang city wall, the mission was still slightly shocked.

I saw the tall and five-foot earth-colored city wall rising from the ground, and the wall surface was like a chip. At the head of the city, the battlements of the arrow tower are arranged, and the weather is clear. A moat flows around the city, the water is murmuring, and the slanting willows are clinging.

Seeing this situation, Wang Xuance couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "No wonder when the Western Turks were attacking Xue Yantuo in the east, they sent 20,000 soldiers to attack this city, and returned with a feather, look at this city wall, where can those Turks who are only good at field warfare and not good at attacking cities can take down!" ”

Just as he was thinking, the mission slowly approached the city gate, but was stopped by those armor-clad Gao Chang soldiers. These soldiers greedily glanced at the fine iron armor of the Tang soldiers in the mission, the horizontal sword at the waist, and the bow and crossbow behind them, and said loudly: "Who are you?" ”

Wang Xuance sat on the horse, took in the demeanor of these Gao Chang soldiers, and said in a deep voice: "We are the Tang Dynasty Mission, you want to stop me?" ”

The Gao Chang soldier was stunned, glanced up and down at Wang Xuance and the members of the mission behind him, and finally let go of his body and said to Wang Xuance: "Lord Angel, wait a minute, and immediately send someone to invite the general to come and greet the angel!" ”

Wang Xuance nodded, turned over and dismounted, and stood outside the gate of Gaochang City. The rest of the members of the mission were like this, and they all dismounted.

After waiting for a moment, I heard a commotion from inside the city gate. Then, a large man in iron armor walked quickly out of the city gate.

"Isn't the Datang mission here, where is it?" The big man said a word, and then suddenly stopped, and he saw Wang Xuance and others standing at the door.

"Haha, presumably all of you are the envoys of the Tang Dynasty who came from afar, in the following and, now General Gaochang!" The big man said with a smile on his face, "Come on, I'll lead you in!" ”

Neither Wang Xuance nor the general named Wen He noticed that the two idlers squatting by the gate of Gaochang City saw the envoys gradually entering the city, and their eyes slowly narrowed into a slit. A glimmer of essence flashed.

Entering Gaochang City, this Wen He led the delegation into a courtyard, and said with a smile: "You angels are dusty, traveling thousands of miles, you must be tired, please rest here today, and enter the palace tomorrow to see my king!" ”

With such an arrangement from the master's family, Wang Xuance couldn't shirk it, so he had to stay.

The courtyard is also chic, with round, pointed roofs, arched doorways and four large trees in the middle of the courtyard. Its terrain is not remote, the main entrance is facing a street, and the side door is a small alley. With everyone in the mission staying, the Tang soldiers consciously assigned defenses, and a famous soldier quickly occupied all the key positions in the courtyard and the places with a wide field of vision.

After settling down with the mission, the man left. Not long after, a middle-aged man came to the small courtyard. Listening to his self-introduction, everyone knew that this person was an official of Gao Changguo who was specially responsible for receiving the mission, and according to the rank of the Tang Dynasty, this person could be regarded as a third-grade official.

The official didn't come alone, he brought some kabuki musicians with him. As for the cook, there was already one in this small courtyard. However, seeing that those kaki musicians were familiar with this place, Wang Xuance was a little skeptical that this kaki musician was the same as the cook. It turned out to be here, specially responsible for receiving foreign guests.

The kitchen set up a large table of wine and food, and the official sat next to several cases, toasting Wang Xuance and others from time to time. Wang Xuance and others also did not refuse to come, and accepted them one by one. Of course, in addition to Wang Xuance and the deputy envoy, there are two captains, one is in charge of the twenty Tang sergeants, and the other is in charge of ten scouts.

On the table, the staggered planning, the words and smiles, the singers and musicians under the seat, dancing and dancing, the silk and bamboo are endless.

The meal was eaten until late in the morning, when the official left the courtyard, and of course the singers and dancers were left behind, saying that they were companions. Before leaving, the official also admonished: "Gentlemen, tomorrow my king will summon you, and I hope you will be ready!" ”

Wang Xuance nodded, in response.

After the adult left, the small courtyard gradually fell silent, and Wang Xuance returned to the room alone, ready to think about the situation that he might encounter when facing Lu Wentai's words tomorrow. The rest of the mission members also dispersed, resting for rest, and vigil for vigil.

The silence continued, and time passed slowly in this silence. From the outside, the lights in the rooms of this small courtyard gradually diminished with the passage of time, and finally, when the light through one of the windows went out, only a few palace lamps hanging from the cloister remained in the whole courtyard.

Seeing the last light extinguished, on the upper floor opposite the small courtyard, a person said softly: "My lord, can we do it?" ”

"No!" The adult shook his head lightly and said, "At this time, they are only asleep, and they will have to wait for a while!" ”

The inquirer was silent.

These people were the warriors led by the cronies of the Western Turkic envoys. This confidant was ordered by the Turkic envoy to kill the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, angering the Tang Dynasty, and had achieved the goal of punishing Lu Wentai.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, nearly an hour had passed. In this Gaochang city, it is not like the Central Plains city, and every hour there will be a watchman to clean up the gong and beat the gong in the Li Fang to tell the time, so Wang Xuance and they don't know the specific time.

"Action!" The adult waved his hand, and suddenly, he saw nearly a hundred black-clad figures rushing towards the small courtyard.

There were only five people keeping vigil in the small courtyard, but these five people were scouts, and they were extremely alert in a new environment, so these five people kept their spirits up, holding steel crossbows in their hands, leaning on several places with the best vision to observe the situation.

The night is as cool as water, and you can see the stars when you look up.

Through the faint starlight, a scout spotted the men in black who were rushing towards them at high speed.

"Enemy attack!" The scout roared, but he didn't stop pulling the trigger, and after firing an arrow, he quickly loaded the arrow and fired an arrow.

This huge "enemy attack" suddenly woke everyone in the small courtyard. There was no time to light the lamp, but the voices of the people were rushing, and they hastily put on their armor and took up their weapons, and the soldiers and members of the mission rushed out of the room.

At this time, after those black-clothed men were shot and killed nearly twenty people, they finally rushed into the small courtyard.

The next step is short-edged fighting.

The deputy envoy was about to shout: "We are waiting for the Tang Mission, who are you waiting for, dare to do this?" But seeing that Wang Xuance was holding a horizontal knife in his hand, he was detouring behind a lone man in black, and his hand raised the knife and fell, and he immediately beheaded the man in black, and suddenly knew that this was not the time to question, so he also grabbed the horizontal knife at the moment, leaned against the wall, and watched the fight in the field, but he didn't dare to go down, so he could only defend himself with a horizontal knife.

These black-clothed men used scimitars, and they fought with the Tang Dynasty soldiers, but it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while, but from time to time they heard the moans of the black-clothed men being stabbed and the cries before death.

At this time, the leader of the black-clothed people was also very anxious, and he couldn't imagine that these Han people were so difficult to deal with. If such a stalemate continues, I am afraid that it will attract the Gaochang army. At that moment, the leader shouted in Chinese: "Kill! ”

This shout of "kill" was high-spirited, and those men in black suddenly desperately attacked the opponent in front of them, and for a while they suppressed the Tang army.

At this time, only the sound of horses' hooves was heard, as if countless soldiers were coming from all directions.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Wang Xuance and the leader of the man in black couldn't help but turn pale at the same time.

Before leaving, Zhang Yunwen told Wang Xuance about the situation of Gaochang at this time, that is, Gaochang was only uncertain in the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty, and looking at the situation, it seemed that he was going to be mixed with the Western Turks. Therefore, Wang Xuance has always been wary of Gao Chang.

Now, when the mission arrived in Gaochang, it was attacked by the man in black, and Wang Xuance's heart was suddenly overcast, could it be that Gaochang Wang Lu Wentai sent people to attack the mission?

And the leader of the men in black had a heavy heart, looking at this Tang Dynasty, listening to the sound of horses' hooves that were getting closer, the leader of the men in black suddenly moved in his heart, and suddenly shouted loudly: "General Wen, help me!" ”

This was shouted in Chinese, and when they heard this, the people of the mission could not help but be stunned at the same time.

At this time, General Gaochang, who rushed over, also replied in Chinese: "Okay, see how I can help you!" Kill! ”

Suddenly, the footsteps rumbled like thunder, and the small courtyard was closer.

Wang Xuance hated it in his heart. At this moment, he was sure that this Gaochang had completely surrendered to the Western Turks, and if he remained here, he was afraid that his life would not be guaranteed. At that moment, he shouted loudly: "All of them, open the way with grenades, quickly get on the horse, and rush out of Gaochang City!" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than ten explosions were heard. In the darkness, clusters of fire streaked by. The flying shrapnel also has an unknown killing range.

In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, nearly forty members of the mission mounted their horses and rushed in the direction of the gate.

At this moment, the gate is still occupied by the men in black. Without saying a word, two grenades flew over.

"Boom-"

With the grenade in hand, the mission quickly reached the city gate. The guards who heard the movement dared to open the city gate, but instead they were on guard, their weapons clenched, ready to meet the onslaught of the mission.

However, before the people arrived, the grenades arrived.

After clearing the soldiers in the doorway, the four soldiers dismounted and opened the gates of the city for the next generation. The Tang Dynasty mission rushed out and disappeared into the vast night.

"Lord Wang, where are we going except for Gaochang City?" The deputy envoy asked.

Wang Xuance had a calm face and pointed to the southwest: "Yanqi, let's go to Yanqi!" ”

It was only after Wang Xuance and the others rushed out of Gao Changchun that Lu Wentai received the news of the attack of the Tang Mission. As soon as he heard the news, Ko Wentai immediately collapsed on the ground. It's over, this time I will definitely face the anger of Datang.

Then he said angrily: "What about Wen He, isn't he guarding the city gate and protecting the mission?" ”

The person who reported the news immediately said: "General Wen participated in the attack on the Tang Mission, but he only knew that he was guilty of a great crime, and now he has fled to the Western Turks with his troops!" ”