Chapter 34: The Wolf Is Coming
The Báb's wisdom was far deeper than his appearance appeared.
After stealing a fast horse and sneaking out of the camp with his camel, the Báb went into hiding.
As a result, as he expected, it didn't take long for hundreds of fast horses to chase after him from the direction of the barracks. But what surprised him the most was that Luck was actually inside.
Babumuna, but that doesn't mean he's stupid. It is clear that Luck betrayed the elders and himself. Calming down, the Báb found himself with no choice but to continue to fulfill the mission given to him by the elders. Rescuing the elder was far beyond his ability. Most of all, as you can imagine, the elders would never allow him to take risks and would not forgive him for his recklessness. If it is really as the elder said, once the heavenly artifact falls into the hands of Sulu Khan, he will not be able to bear the responsibility of destroying the Wo Sect. The consequences are terrible to think about.
The clever Babu quietly followed the Turgish people eastward along the river.
Night is coming. A caravan of dozens of camels and horses marched east along the Namishui Valley.
"Stop!"
Shouts rang out behind the caravan.
Dozens of fast horses caught up, spreading out in formation and circling the caravan. "What for? Where to go? The Turks asked viciously, murderous. Without waiting for anyone to answer, several knights dismounted and entered the caravan to inspect it. These men were the attendants of Que Yi Nanru, and they knew Ba'b.
A leader-looking Lite hurriedly walked out of the caravan, saluted, and said humbly: "Respected warriors, we are merchants of Shi Kingdom, and we are selling some white cloth and wine, as well as horses to the Tang Dynasty. It's a real problem for the Warriors. ”
With that, he took a money bag and stuffed it into the leader of the Turgish.
Stretching out his hand not to give the gift, the leader of the Turgish nodded with satisfaction, and seeing the searching soldiers returning empty-handed, the Turgish's tone softened a little, and asked, "Have you seen a Rite on horseback with a camel passing by here?" ”
In these years, there are few people who dare to go on the road alone. If so, it is the Báb.
"No, along the way, it's just our caravan."
The Lit, the leader of the caravan, replied cautiously.
"Well, that's good. If you see it, immediately report it to Sulu Khan, and reward it heavily! This man is a great eater. ”
After throwing this sentence to the leader of the caravan, the knight of Turgish hurried out on the road and pursued forward.
The caravan leader shook his head helplessly, and then gave the order to continue on his way.
It didn't take long for the caravan to be followed by two more horses, one man, one horse and one camel, to be exact.
"Ahh
The leader of the caravan noticed that something was wrong. Isn't this the kind of person the Turgish are looking for? However, when the visitor approached, he realized that it was not so simple. On the middle finger of his right hand, the visitor wears a very special ring, which looks like a token of the legendary Wo Sect elder. It was depicted in the Wo missionary book, and, as a devout believer, he had been received by the elders and had seen it with his own eyes.
"Guests from afar, what are you doing? But there is a place where I serve Your Excellency. ”
The leader of the caravan stared at the ring on the visitor's hand, politely tentatively.
"My name is Brala, and I'm in trouble."
The Báb did not dare to show himself by his real name.
"In Lower Consalais, the caravan of Shi Guo. I want to go to Datang. ”
The leader of the caravan was also named Daimyo.
Without much nonsense, Cansalai suddenly asked, "Mr. Brala, where did the ring on your hand come from?" The year before last, I went to Bukhara and saw that Elder Anmutata also had a hand that resembled yours. ”
Babu's heart jumped suddenly, and he looked at Kangshalai, trying to maintain a calm tone, and said, "Sir, but I am a Wo believer?" ”
"By the God of Light, I am your most loyal disciple in the world."
Konsalai knelt down and made an oath to the sun that was about to set.
Babu felt a little calmer in his heart, thinking about how to use this caravan to avoid the Turks and enter the Tang Dynasty, and complete the mission.
"You're saying that there is a man named Luck who betrayed the Wo Sect and joined forces with the Turgish people to disadvantage our Wo Sect?"
The Báb made up a similar story as far as he could, and told it to Konshalai. After all, soon, Luck, or Sulu Khan, will also make up a vicious story, and it will be spread all over the river. Instead of making Consalai suspicious, it is better to have a preconceived idea and plant a seed in his heart.
Sure enough, Konsalai was indignant and immediately expressed his willingness to help Babu enter the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, it restrained the entire caravan and kept them silent. The caravans were all slaves of Shi Guokang's family, and their families stayed in the Kang family, so they dared to disobey their masters, and they were silent.
"There is a fork in front, to the north, through Dongcao, you can go to the broken leaves, to the south, go to the direction of the Gulu country, there is an east-west mountain road in its territory, which can lead directly to the Tang Shule. Most of the trail follows a large river valley and is not very difficult to walk. It's just that there are several mountain passes along the way, and the road is extremely difficult. ”
"The Turgish don't know this way."
Konsarai looked excited.
"Oh, you don't have to worry, my brother is still very powerful in Shi Country......"
Let's talk about Luck. Soon after Luck led the hundred horsemen out of the barracks, the troops divided into two routes, one chasing along the direction of the river valley, and the other following Luck and chasing in the direction of the United States.
Luck thought that if Babu wanted to go to the Tang Dynasty, he would inevitably take the broken leaves and cross the Ling Mountain. For a long time, the Tang Dynasty had to go through broken leaves when entering the Hezhong region. Directional thinking misled Luck and misled the Turgish. They did not know where the honest Báb knew the way, but they knew that to the east, and the valley was the best way he knew, because the dense water flowed from east to west.
Luck chased all the way to the Stone Country, and when he joined up with another cavalry that came later, he learned that Babu had disappeared out of thin air! On the way back to Samarkand, Luck pondered bitterly.
Suddenly, he remembered something. Wrong! Shi Guo caravan, why has the Shi Guo caravan that was going to Datang been missing, is there a secret road leading to Datang? South, yes, it must be like this......
After inquiring about the checkpoints along the way, it was confirmed that no Shi Guo caravan had passed, and Luck was even more sure of his judgment. So after consulting with the Turgish, Luck led a team of Turgish and hurried to Broken Leaf without stopping......
Three days later, the returning fast rider reported truthfully to Sulu Khan.
"What? Gone? Sulu Khan was furious, "How can this be reasonable, why did you let people run away, you waste?" I don't want to explain, I just want a god from the sky. If I can't find it, I'll want your heads. Why don't you get out of here and find it? ”
If that heavenly artifact fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, Sulu Khan's dream that he had just started would have to die, and so many tribal soldiers would have been killed and injured.
The big cannibal accused me of Sulu Khan as the eagle dog of the Tang Dynasty, and it really lives up to its name, and there is still a bone to be a dog, isn't it? In this way, the results will be given to Datang, and at that time, Datang will at most come to the Holy Decree to commend it. This, doesn't this make the people of the world a laughing stock?
Regarding Babu's disappearance, Que Yi Nanru also felt strange. Outside the tent door, he stopped the returning flying horseman, and asked again carefully, feeling that Luck's analysis made sense.
The problem may lie with the Shi Guo caravan, and both of them lost their whereabouts at the same time, which is too coincidental. If something is abnormal, it is a demon.
"Great Khan, I'm afraid it's not that simple."
Que Yi was so difficult to raise his doubts. "Since we can't find it here, we can ask Luck to wait in Bahuan City. In addition, block all roads from Broken Leaf to Datang. ”
Que Yi's analysis is correct. If Babu hadn't passed through Broken Leaves, he would have passed through the city of Bahuan in Ansi.
Sulu Khan gradually calmed down, and thinking about it, this is indeed the case. Shi Guo's caravan, Shi Guo, just like this, entered the sight of the Turgish people. Originally, the country of Shi, which was in a corner of peace, was not worth attacking by the Tuqi Shi people, and it was only after the capture of Bukhara and the return army that it would fight.
Hearing the word Shi Guo, someone in the tent reacted very much: "Great Khan, Shi Jun, a guy who doesn't know the height of the sky, actually dares to blatantly send thousands of men and horses to support Samarkand. Anyway, the first fight is also a fight, and the second fight is also a fight, so it is better to take advantage of its emptiness and destroy it now. ”
Speaking of Samarkand, Sulu Khan hated it. He had never been so embarrassed, losing nearly 3,000 men and horses in one morning, and nearly 1,000 knights of the Turkish tribe alone had lost their lives there.
Of course, there is someone who hates more than Sulu Khan, and that is Mohedagan. Most of the nearly 1,000 Tuqi tribes who died were under his command, and those were the elite of the tribe. Every time I thought about it, Mohe Dagan's heart hurt like a knife. Samarkand, he had no choice, and he was really afraid of the demonic fire. However, Shi Guo is different, a soft persimmon. Yes, just use this Shi country as a gas bag.
"Great Khan, I want revenge. Shi Guo, I am going to be destroyed, I want to drive all the families of Shi Guobing to the city of Samarkand, and cut off the heads of their families in front of them! ”
Mo Heda had a righteous face. In fact, everyone knows that he fell in love with Shi Guo's wealth.
Of course, there is a lot of wealth in going west to Bukhara, but there are more wolves and less meat, so it is better to swallow a country of history alone. If it's fast, maybe you can turn around and distribute Hara's pie, and Mohedagan's wishful thinking is very loud.
It's not that it's not impossible, how many soldiers Shi Guo can have, and he has also supported thousands of people. Any one here can pinch Shi Guo's soft persimmon, but it is really difficult for them to fight with Mo Hedagan, after all, he has the greatest loss.
Li Huaitang didn't know that from now on, he would actually become a fat sheep in the eyes of the Tuqi Shi people.