The Tang army rushed out of the city gate, there were dark and dreary mountain peaks in the distance, large areas of woods were distributed on the rolling hills, a muddy road had been through the woods and stretched into the distance, there were rice fields of various shapes scattered on both sides of the road, there were traces of a large group of people and horses marching on the road, countless horseshoe prints and a few long wheel tracks, it was obvious that the Nanzhao mission was going along this road, the time was not long, since the other party still had a carriage, it should be able to catch up soon.

Li Qing was silent in thought, and when Li Siye saw Li Qing stopping, he stepped forward and asked, "Why did Yang Ming stop and not catch up?" ”

"I think about it again, since King Han Gui came to negotiate, how could he not have someone to answer, Han Chongdao chased after him like this, I am afraid that he will suffer."

He immediately turned back to Wu Xingsu and said, "You take a few brothers to catch up with Han Chongdao quickly, let him stop chasing, and hurry back to the city to prepare for war!" ”

Wu Xing was given the order, and with a move of his hand, he led a few brothers to turn the road to the south, and Li Qing called Nan Jiyun again, and said: "If I were Zhao Quanwei, I would definitely not follow the brigade slowly, I was worried that he would take another path to escape," he pointed to a small road in the northwest direction of the woods, "You take fifty brothers to take another road, if there is a situation, you can order someone to inform me, and I will come to answer later." ”

Li Qing turned back to Zhang Scar, who was wearing Tang Army armor and said with a proud face: "You are familiar with the terrain here, you go with General Nan." ”

Nan Jiyun and Zhang Scar agreed in unison, rushed up the path on the ridge, led fifty horsemen, and galloped along the edge of the woods. It was like a dark cloud, which soon shrank into a black dot.

At this time, Gao Zhandao stepped forward and said, "Why don't I go with Lao Ba too, I'm better at tracking." ”

Li Qing glanced at him and said with a smile: "I have another more important task for you." ”

Gao Zhandao's spirit was shocked, his eyes were extremely excited, and he was just waiting for Li Qing's task.

"You go to Queensland and order Li to send grain to Dongcheng immediately."

Gao Zhandao hesitated: "Then Li is the imperial history, I'm afraid he won't listen to me." ”

Li Qing smiled slightly. "If someone else goes, he may not listen, but if you go, he will listen."

Gao Zhandao was stunned, his eyes showed a look of disbelief, and he saw that the left and right were two feet away. He leaned forward and stared at Li Qing's eyes and whispered, "You know? ”

Li Qing punched him and said with a smile: "You treat me as a fool, do you really think that this Guoyi Lieutenant fell from the world?" You were late that day, and I guessed it was you. ”

Gao Zhan was ashamed, and said: "Actually, I didn't come to Chengdu for you, but Zhang Qiu and Qiong, but I followed you by mistake." ”

Li Qing smiled and said: "I know that I have the need to monitor as a petty official, but the food is related to whether our eastern mission can be completed, and the stakes are very high. You have to keep an eye on Lee, and don't be careless. ”

Gao Zhandao saw that Li Qing didn't care about his identity. A warmth rose in his heart, and he nodded. "Don't worry, I will never fail in my mission!"

He had just taken two steps, but he heard a chuckle behind him, "Actually, I'm not sure, I'll try you first!" Gao Zhan's blade shook and almost didn't fall off the horse.

Li Siye saw Gao Zhandao go away, stepped forward and said, "Yangming should be careful. I have seen that Li once, he is treacherous and despicable. I'm afraid he'll take credit for you. ”

Li Qing looked at the back of Gao Zhandao, who had galloped away, and said lightly: "Don't worry, even if Tai and Li Linfu help him together, he won't be able to snatch it away!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing's waist straightened and he smiled, "Brothers, follow me to chase!" ”

Li Qing urged the war horse, hundreds of horsemen followed the horse trails on the road, and chased down the road, indeed as Li Qing expected, Nanzhao Piluo Pavilion is to press the treasure of the east on Han Chongdao, not Han Gui Wang, although Han Gui Wang is biased towards Nanzhao, but the ambition is obvious, it is not easy to control, on the contrary, Han Chongdao is more obedient, and when Zhao Quanwei first arrived, he expressed his willingness to return to Nanzhao.

After Zhao Quanwei went out of the city, he led more than a dozen guards and Ruyu to break away from the brigade and flee by taking a small road, although this possibility was thought out by Li Qing, but there was one thing Li Qing did not expect, that Zhao Quanwei In addition to the five hundred people who entered the city with him, he actually brought another thousand guards, stationed dozens of miles away, once the east has an opportunity, he will take control of the situation.

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And said that Nan Jiyun bypassed the woods, only ran out of a distance, then found the horseshoe prints, all just stepped out, Nan Jiyun was overjoyed, immediately urged the horse to chase down, chased out more than ten miles, crossed a high slope, sure enough, there were two horses in front of the gallop, the person on the horse was the Nan Zhao envoy dressed up, Nan Jiyun took off the bow and arrow, the horse chased a section of the road, seeing that the distance was less than 100 steps, quasi-each other, brush and shoot two arrows, the arrow is like a meteor to catch the moon, the two horses in front of the hind legs, the two horses neighed, fell to the ground, and rolled the two horses out of the horse.

"General Nan, they're not!" Zhang Scar pulled off the hats of the two and couldn't help but scream, both of them were young faces, and they were shrinking into a ball of fright.

"Fooled!"

This time, their distance is farther away, there are many hills on the East Plateau, dense forests, as if everywhere, it is very easy to get lost, thanks to Zhang Scar's familiarity with the terrain, Nan Jiyun and his party returned from the original road, and chased out dozens of miles to the northwest, at first you can see hoof prints, but the more back the road meadow began to become thicker, there was no horseshoe prints, was anxious, Nan Jiyun saw a hill on the right, the mountain is higher, the top of the mountain has a wide field of vision, you can see the distance, a big tree on the top has been cut off, bare standing, Like a man looking into the distance.

Nan Jiyun's heart moved, he jumped off the horse and strode towards the top of the mountain, only to see the green grass, overgrown with all kinds of unnamed mountain flowers, five colors, blooming extraordinarily brilliant, he bent down from time to time to check the ground, a gust of wind blew, the thick grass like waves, undulating and fluttering, combing all the traces of man-made clean, but to the mountain path not far from the top of the mountain, there was a stream flowing through, on the wet mud he finally found the target, a long series of messy footprints, and women's footprints.

The footprints went to the top of the mountain, and then turned down from the side, if they didn't look deliberately, they couldn't find it at all, and the footprints were very far apart, as if they were running in a hurry.

Nan Jiyun said to herself, "The woman's footprints must be Awan's sister, I don't know what they saw on the top of the mountain?" Is it yourself who is so anxious? Probably not, the road from which I came was blocked by a forest, and it was impossible to see. ”

He hesitated, he really wanted to go up the mountain himself, maybe he could find any clues, and he could solve his heart

Tuan, but time is so short, after thinking about it, he suddenly pulled his legs and jumped up over the huge flat stones, and the armor on his body 'boom! Wow! 'Rattle, staggered and ran on the grass, to the top of the hill.

When he reached the top of the mountain, he jumped on a boulder, and looked at it, but when he saw that the sun was gray, and the earth became empty and far away, and the sparkling pool could be seen in the distance, he looked in the north and south directions, and as far as his eyes could see, except for the distant mountains, he saw a goshawk hovering in the sky, slowly falling to the ground.

Nan Jiyun not only has excellent eyesight, but also has keen hearing, he heard a sound from the direction of the woods in the west of the mountain in Hexi, and he was stunned, it was the sound of footsteps accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves, getting closer and closer to him, "There is an enemy!" He shouted, turned around and ran, took a long step, and rushed down the hill in a few steps, "Brothers, cheer up, our business is here!" ”

The footsteps became louder and louder, dozens of war horses suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain, and on the left and right sides of the hill, two large groups of black and suppressed Nanzhao soldiers poured out densely, with spears like a forest, there were thousands of people, seeing that they were only a few dozen people, they were all excited and screamed, and the shouts were piercing and fierce.

Leaving before the enemy found out was called retreat, but the enemy found out and then turned back and called to flee, Nan Jiyun stood proudly, he never knew what it was to escape, he only knew that the narrow road met, the brave wins, fifty Tang cavalry soldiers lined up, their hands and knives were held high, and the cold light flashed in the sun, their eyes were grim, their lips were straight, and a gust of wind blew, beating their clothes to the sound of hunting. The armor of the Tang Dynasty soldiers looked particularly bright on them.

"Kill them!" An officer rushed down from the hill and shouted, "Lord Zhao has an order, kill them all!" ”

But before he could finish speaking, an arrow flew in, 'Poof! With a thud, blood splattered, and arrows shot through his mouth, piercing his head. Nan Jiyun pulled a giant bow and chuckled, "Damn it, it should be you!" ”

"Follow me!"

Fifty war horses rushed straight to the top of the mountain like a sharp sword, and Nan Jiyun lightly stretched his ape arms and fired arrows again and again. Just listen to the sound of the bowstring, there is a person turned over and fell off the horse, the Tang army rushed up the high slope, Nan Jiyun put a bow and arrow on his back, shook the spear, spit out five spear tips, and went straight to the crowd Zhao Quanwei killed, Zhao Quanwei was received by the army, just frightened a little, and now he saw a white horse and silver spear Tang General to kill himself. Fierce and murderous. His hands trembled, and the sword fell to the ground.

The guards around him saw that Tang General was arrogant. Immediately furious, they all stepped forward to attack Nan Jiyun, but Nan Jiyun let out a long roar, turned off his horse's head, and led his men to rush down to the other side of the hill, but at the moment of going down the mountain, I saw him collect his gun and bow and aim with arrows, and his actions were done in one go. Clean and neat, 'Whoosh! 'There was a bang. The wolf's tooth arrow passed through the crowd like lightning through the cracks, and the arrow was all in the throat, he covered his throat, looked at Nan Jiyun in disbelief, and said 'Boom! Yikes! 'Two sounds, turned over and fell off the horse and died.

Nan Jiyun looked up to the sky and laughed, and rushed down the mountain on horseback, and the generals of Nanzhao saw that the envoys they escorted were dead, and their faces were as frightened as ashes, and they hated this Tang general who was extremely powerful in archery, and the Nanzhao army had crossed the mountainside and attacked the Tang army from both sides.

At this moment, Nan Jiyun stopped running, he saw that the enemy's position was in chaos, and shouted, "Follow me!" ”

I saw his silver spear flying, like a pear blossom in the sky, set aside the arrows flying all over the sky, and went straight to the Nanzhao army on the right to kill, and the fifty cavalry behind him followed closely, rows of shields were raised, forming a shield wall, resisting the arrows, the war horse swept forward like a wind, rushed and slashed, the Nanzhao soldiers were numerous, and there were constantly Tang army arrows and guns fell, or the legs of the horses under the crotch were cut off, and they fell into the enemy group and were killed into mud, but no one in the Tang army was timid, and the death of their comrades inspired their murderous wildness, so, crying, ** The sound suddenly rose, and a silver gun flew left and right, Dozens of war knives flew up and down, in the dense Nanzhao army to kill a bloody road, the violent horses were like a storm, under this bloody road trampled everything, overwhelming, invincible, the blood of the Tang army shocked the Nanzhao people, he was in a disorder, can no longer stand it, a shout, and ran to scatter.

There was such a strange scene on the East Plateau, a large group of Nanzhao troops were chasing behind, and another group of Nanzhao troops in front were killed and scattered and fled, but there was a group of Tang troops, the team was neat, covered in blood, like a group of evil ghosts rushing out of the palace of Hades.

Suddenly, accompanied by a low shout, a loud horn sounded, the mountains shook, the empty valley echoed, a large group of Tang cavalry appeared on the top of the mountain, an iron helmet general pointed at the sword, and the cavalry shouted in unison, like a roaring waterfall like thunder, to the Nanzhao army under the mountain, three hundred heroic and warlike Tang army soldiers converged together, forming a huge subway fist, sweeping everything on the eastern plateau.

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As the smoke faded and the fighting subsided, a dozen or so soldiers who had died were buried on the hill and their heads were released to the north.

In this encounter, almost all of the Nanzhao army were killed, and only a few dozen soldiers who surrendered and survived were left, and the corpses of the Nanzhao soldiers were buried, together with the previously killed mission, the Nanzhao mission finally failed to escape.

Nan Jiyun sat on a big rock, silently carved the names of the fallen brothers on a piece of wood, looking sad, Li Qing pressed his shoulder, and was about to speak, but saw Li Siye carrying a woman in red in his hand, so he greeted him.

The woman was Ruyu, who was found by the Tang Army in the woods, she was frightened by the corpses all over the ground, and when she saw Li Qing, she cried sadly.

"What did she do?" Li Siye threw Ruyu on the ground.

Li Qing looked at this femme fatale woman in disgust, and said, "She is the daughter of Pi Luoge, let's give it to Han Chongdao first!" ”

He got up and looked around, "Tell the brethren to pack up and get ready to go back." ”

At this time, several horses galloped over, it was Wu Xingsu who had been sent by Li Qing to inform Han Chongdao before, he saw that the battle had ended, his heart was annoyed, and he came to Li Qing, Wu Xingsu dismounted and reported: "The last general has been notified to Han Chongdao in time, and he has now returned to Dongcheng to prepare for war." ”

Wu Xingsu was about to leave after speaking, when he suddenly saw his cloak scattered like jade, he remembered something, so he pointed at her and said: "Han Chongdao repeatedly told him that if the general catches this woman, he will send him back no matter what, and he is willing to exchange it for the King Kong crown he snatched." ”

If he didn't say this, maybe Ruyu would still be alive, but after saying this, Li Qing and Li Siye glanced at each other, their eyes showed a look of vigilance, and they nodded knowingly, it would be a great disaster for this woman to stay.