"These damn guys, they're really haunted." Hu Yanbao stabbed the spear in his hand into the ground, took the water bladder from the side of the warhorse, and took a sip gently.

"After all, we kidnapped 5,000 people, and the people of Dali must be unhappy." The deputy general Bai Rushui said with a smile. He is a native of Dali, not a Han Chinese, but he admires the prestige of the Han people, so he jumped from the Dali Guard, because of his good martial arts, he became the deputy general of Hu Yanbao.

"Emperor Dali is too incompetent, he actually believes in Gao Liangcheng, and he doesn't want to believe us, Gao Liangcheng clearly wants to seize the throne, if he seizes the throne, where is there anything to do with the Duan family, the entire Duan family will be killed by the Gao family." Hu Yanbao said disdainfully. Now there are only more than 4,000 people left of the 5,000 people, and the losses are still relatively large.

"The emperor will not allow Dali to become the territory of the Tang Dynasty. But the people below are willing to become the people of the Tang Dynasty. Bai Rushui pointed to the soldiers who were resting in the distance.

At first, Hu Yanbao deceived these people, and later there were people in the army who opposed Hu Yanbao's actions and were also killed by Hu Yanbao, to Hu Yanbao's surprise, most of these five thousand people actually supported their actions, and at this time, when I heard Bai Rushui say this, I understood what these soldiers thought. These days, the supply of fine wine and food and rich salaries and silver have made these people deeply aware of the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

"That's naturally the case, hum, Gao Liang Cheng is really so bold, do you really think that this land of Dali is far away from the Central Plains, and the Central Plains Dynasty does not dare to come to conquer it? In the eyes of His Majesty, there is no place that cannot be conquered, just sent me here at the moment, but sooner or later Your Majesty will definitely lead the army to kill, and at that time, I want to see what the Gao clan has to deal with my Tang soldiers and horses. Hu Yanbao sneered: "If I am Gao Liangcheng, I would rather preserve the current situation, so as not to be found by His Majesty to find an excuse, otherwise, Your Majesty will definitely lead the army to come in person." ”

"The southwest mountains are high and deep, the terrain is complex, and I don't know how many places with poor mountains and bad waters, even if there are millions of troops, if you want to attack Dali, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!" Bai Ruoshui smiled bitterly. With a gloomy expression, he also wanted to become a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, but when he thought of the location of Dali, he suddenly left this hope behind.

"Brother Bai, don't hide it, I have already reported the situation in Dali to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is afraid that you will use troops." Hu Yanbao felt embarrassed for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, although Your Majesty has accepted Concubine Duan, Your Majesty is ambitious, and has long wanted to unify the world and occupy the land of Dali, but there was no chance before, and now that the opportunity has come, Your Majesty will never give up." In the first half of the year, there was a shortage of grain and grass in the imperial court, but now that the autumn harvest has passed, and the imperial court has relieved its breath, it is certain that a large army will be sent, but I don't know who led the army. ”

"Will it really come?" Bai Ruoshui's complexion changed, and he couldn't help but ask. He thinks that his 5,000 men and horses only occupy a small share in the Tang army, even Hu Yanbao and Yang Tingjing are only middle and lower-level generals in the Tang Dynasty, just because of such a thing, the Tang Emperor is ready to send troops, which is simply unimaginable.

"Excuses, excuses are excuses, what Your Majesty needs is an excuse, Gao Liangcheng sent an excuse to His Majesty by this stupid guy, if Your Majesty does not send troops, it is impossible." Hu Yanbao said with confidence.

Bai Ruoshui was about to speak, when suddenly a figure in the distance walked out, and was about to come forward to ask, but found that the other party was just a group of business travelers, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, ready to send someone to expel him. found that Hu Yanbao seemed to have discovered something, and his eyes lit up and stepped forward. The two talked for a few words, and then saw several businessmen arch their hands towards Huyanbao and disappeared on the official road.

Bai Ruoshui frowned, in fact, this is not the first time such a thing has happened, basically there will be such a thing every four or five days, some people said a few words to Hu Yanbao, and then left some grain and grass and disappeared without a trace, from Hu Yanbao's words, he knew the identity of these business travelers, it was the most mysterious intelligence organization secret guard of the Tang Dynasty.

While he was curious, he was even more shocked by the methods of these people, no matter where the army went, it could be discovered by these secret guards, and then send intelligence and grain and grass to solve the urgent needs of the army, which also proved that the infiltration of Dali by Dali was not known to Dali up and down yet.

"Okay, there is enough food and grass, we can also go to Hengshan." Hu Yanbao said with a smile: "Yang Tingjing has already arrived in Hengshan, and I think he has already connected with the people of the 37th Division, we can also march to the 37th Division normally, tsk, even if we can't threaten Chuxiong at that time, and teach the Gao family a hard lesson, we can also take advantage of the territory of the 37th Department and return to Datang." ”

Hu Yanbao didn't hide the news he got, these news were actually nothing, the real news Hu Yanbao didn't say it, but his arms trembled, and there was a trace of excitement in the depths of his eyes. Datang finally sent troops, although he didn't know the direction of His Majesty the Emperor's troops, but Hu Yanbao could vaguely guess that the direction of Datang's troops this time was Dali.

"If that's the case, then it's the best, if you can leave Dali, it's naturally the best." Bai Ruoshui glanced at Hu Yanbao, he always felt that Hu Yanbao was different this time, did he really see the vitality in front of him?

"Hehe, I don't want to leave Dali so soon, this is the place where I rise, Your Majesty is very generous to the generals and these courtiers, as long as you make war achievements, you can be crowned a wife and a son, if you can make war achievements in the war to eliminate Dali, it would be a good thing." Hu Yanbao shook his head and said.

"That's a good thing, of course." Bai Ruoshui's eyes also showed a hint of attack in the depths of his eyes. Shrinking in Dali, he will always be just a small person, and he can only enter the court of the Tang Dynasty to be a master. Maybe it's an opportunity.

After Hu Yanbao rested for a while, he quickly ordered the army to set off, turning around and heading towards Hengshan, behind them, more than a dozen secret guards appeared like ghosts, clearing all the traces left by Hu Yanbao and the others.

At night in Bianjing, the palace gate opened, Li Jing was wearing armor, and under the congratulations of Lancôme and Chai Erniang, he led three thousand elite guards out of Bianjing City, and went straight to the northwest, he will meet Boyan in Liangzhou, and the troops will attack Dali in three ways. Although he knew that Duan Zhengyan didn't want to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, he needed an excuse, an excuse to pacify Dali, and then attack Bashu from the back and seize the land of Bashu, and the war to unify the world had broken out.