Although Yixiang Yele wanted to leave Wang Yuan to have lunch in the barracks, Wang Yuan politely declined, said goodbye to Gongsun Lan and left the account, and galloped out of the Tubo camp after getting on the horse. Out of the camp, the two did not dare to stay, and ran wildly for several miles, and when they looked back at the barracks of the Tubo army and the figures of the Tubo scout cavalry roaming around, they slowed down.

"My mouth is dry and my stomach is very hungry, cousin, let's get off the horse and rest for a while, and take out the beef jerky with us and eat some." Wang Yuan stopped at the edge of a rocky low slope and said to Gongsun Lan, who was sitting on the horse with a cold complexion.

Gongsun Lan said in a cold voice: "Isn't it good to go back to the city to eat?" It's just miles away. ”

Wang Yuan turned over and dismounted: "The sun is very good here, and the surroundings are quiet, I want to stay here for a while and talk to my cousin." ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "What is there to talk about." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Of course we want to talk, my cousin has a cold face all the way, and he must have complained a lot about my actions just now." ”

Gongsun Lan sneered: "I don't have any small words, you can do whatever you like, and it's your business if you're willing to self-destruct, what do you have to do with me?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "I still said I don't care, I'm about to scold, come down, this location is very good, you can see the south direction, and the wind is nesting, you can bask in the sun comfortably for a while." ”

Wang Yuan said as he bent down to clean up a few messy stones, laid out the smooth stones, took off the cloak on his body and spread it on it, and looked up at Gongsun Lan on the horse. Gongsun Lan sighed lightly, turned over and dismounted, walked over, sat on the cloak, hugged her knees, and looked at the undulating Gobi in the distance.

Wang Yuan took out the kettle and beef jerky and handed it over, Gongsun Lan took it silently, drank a few sips of water, and chewed the beef jerky delicately.

"It's so good, the sun is shining, Shiye is quiet, and my cousin is sitting here chatting and talking, which is very comfortable. It reminds me of the day when I stayed overnight with my cousin in the mountains. ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "Don't you want to explain what you did?" How can you reach such an agreement with the Tibetans and give Yaozhou away? ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "My cousin still said it after all." My cousin is saying that I am disloyal to Datang, betraying Datang, and a shameless person with no temperament, right? ”

Gongsun Lan shook her head and said, "I don't care if you are loyal or not, I don't have a good impression of the imperial court." But after all, we are Tang people, and such a thing as giving the Tang Prefecture Mansion to Tubo is indeed detrimental to the Tang people's morale. Once this matter is known, you will be scolded by the world. Do you think that if you win Nanzhao, everything will be fine? Even if you destroy Nanzhao, it will be difficult to offset the sin of giving Yaozhou away. I don't know why you're so confused. You shouldn't have identified yourself and made that pact with them today. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and watched Gongsun Lan speak, and said in a long time: "My cousin is so beautiful when she is angry." ”

Gongsun Lan was really angry and reprimanded: "I'm talking to you about serious things, if you do this again, I will turn around and leave, and never come back." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "You're really annoyed." Is this that serious? ”

Gongsun Lan's anger had nowhere to vent, so she reached out and picked up a stone on the ground and bounced it out, and a stone a few feet away was hit and instantly turned into powder.

Wang Yuan stuck out his tongue and said, "It seems that I have to tell you the truth, otherwise there will be a few more small holes in my body in a while." Is this agreement between my cousin and the Tibetan people true? Hehe, that's just a game I set up. ”

Gongsun Lan Leng said: "How do you say this? ”

Wang Yuan lay on the pebbles and squinted at the blue sky, and said: "The Tubo people can't help but think too easily, they can get Yaozhou without a single soldier, what is the difference between this and a gold ingot falling from the sky?" Don't the Tibetan people understand the truth of getting nothing for nothing, but they are dreaming of getting rich overnight? It's funny. ”

"You're saying the agreement is fake? You're not going to comply? ”

Wang Yuan said: "Of course I won't abide by it, this agreement in black and white is the key evidence I will use next, the show is ahead, cousin wait and see." The Tubo people ran to my territory in the Tang Dynasty to spread wild and extort bamboo, originally I didn't want to provoke too much, but now I can't bear it. If this plan succeeds, it will be enough for them to drink a pot. ”

"What the hell is the strategy? Tell me about it. Gongsun Lan was not calm anymore, and came up and said.

Wang Yuan hooked Gongsun Lan's head and neck and said with a smile: "Cousin, give me a fragrant kiss, and I'll tell you." You scared me just now, my spirit was greatly damaged, and you need to soothe me. ”

Gongsun Lan took a sip and got up to break free of Wang Yuan's hand, Wang Yuan wrapped his hands around her neck, exerted force on his legs, his body flipped, and a harrier turned over and pressed Gongsun Lan under him, stretched out his mouth to kiss the fragrant mouth. Gongsun Lan had no intention of breaking free, and after whining twice, her lips and teeth opened, her fragrant tongue spit lightly, and her honey kissed endlessly.

After a long time, Gongsun Lan pushed Wang Yuan away and sat up, Wang Yuan smiled contentedly: "Fortunately, there is no one in the four fields, if someone sees me holding a man with a gray face and kissing his mouth, he will be frightened." ”

Gongsun Lan sorted out the clothes and said, "What nonsense? Satisfied? ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Kiss your mouth and be satisfied?" My cousin hasn't agreed to anything really satisfying. ”

Gongsun Lan glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, now you can tell me what you're going to do." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Don't panic, after filling your stomach and drinking enough water, we still have to go to the Nanzhao military camp." ”

Gongsun Lan exclaimed, "What? Are you going to the Nanzhao military camp? ”

Wang Yuan said: "Of course, otherwise how can I complete my plan?" ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said: "But the Nanzhao military camp is more dangerous than going to the Tubo military camp, are you really crazy?" ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm not crazy, do you think it was in vain that I stayed up all night last night to talk to Li Mi?" Li Mi has been in Wangzhou for a long time, and he knows the affairs of Nanzhao well, and I have obtained a lot of information that I need. Of course, this trip will be dangerous, but if successful, the tide of the war on the Western Front will be immediately reversed, and the entire situation will be decisive. Rich and dangerous, I want to fight. ”

Gongsun Lan was silent, and didn't seem to agree. Wang Yuan had to tell her the details of the plan and the key points in a low voice, Gongsun Lan asked questions from time to time, and after most of the questions were answered, he nodded and said: "If everything is as you think, it will naturally be a good ending." I just think your appetite is a little too big. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "You should say that I am bold, not have a big appetite." You know, don't look at me as the deputy envoy of the Jiedu now, but a knife hangs over my head, and I can't turn the tide of battle, and the knife falls and kills me. So I had to take risks, and I had to take them. When it comes to my part, I am helpless. ”

Gongsun Lan said softly: "I understand, don't say anything, I'll accompany you." As long as we pass this level, we can really settle down. I'm sure you can do it. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "I also believe in myself, I lack everything, but I don't lack self-confidence." ”

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After eating and drinking, the two got back on their horses and galloped eastward, making a huge circle and galloping towards the dwarf Gobi more than ten miles away. It was the camp of 7,000 soldiers and horses of the Southern Zhao, who were accustomed to living in the high mountains and dense forests, and on the Gobi Desert, they also chose a place with low trees and shrubs to camp.

If it weren't for the flags erected on the mottled and undergrown hills, Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan would hardly have been able to find out where the Nanzhao military camp was. Even if it is a dwarf tree and shrub, the soldiers and horses of Nanzhao can be perfectly hidden here, which has to be amazing.

The two walked to the bottom of the hill, and suddenly more than 100 Nanzhao barbarians burst out of the bushes, they were dressed in thatched camouflage and hats made of tree branches on their heads, which blended in with the environment and were indeed a good protective color. If they hadn't come out from afar, the two wouldn't have noticed that they were close. However, although the camouflage is good, it is only useful for ambushes. Siege warfare like this on the Gobi Desert is useless.

The barbarians held blowpipes, pulled longbows, and carried shuttle darts and looked at Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan one by one.

"Who's coming?" The leader of the barbarians shouted.

"I am Wang Yuan, the deputy envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, and I have come to ask to see the assassin of Nanning Prefecture, the big leader of the barbarians, and the lord of the two big ghosts, please report." Wang Yuan shouted loudly.

The barbarians looked at each other in shock, and after muttering quickly in brute language, several barbarians quickly disappeared in the middle of the low trees and rushed to the hill to climb away.

Gongsun Lan whispered in Wang Yuan's ear: "Is this Chongdao their boss?" What is the Big Ghost Master? What is a barbarian? ”

Wang Yuan explained in a low voice: "I also heard General Li Mi tell me last night that I learned that this Chongdao is the head snake of Yunnan, and the ancestors have been entrenched here since the Sui Dynasty. The people of Nanzhao are divided into barbarian and white barbarian groups, and Chongdao is the big leader of the barbarians. The Great Ghost Lord is the high priest respected by the local tribes, and the gods they believe in are different from ours, and only the high priest is qualified to officiate when worshipping the gods. The status is exalted. ”

Gongsun Lan listened to a rough idea, the details are not clear, but it is nothing, in short, I understand that this Chongdao is a very high-status figure in the Nanzhao Kingdom, and in connection with the strategy that Wang Yuan said before, I also understand the reason why Wang Yuan dared to come after learning that this person was the commander of the soldiers and horses of the West Road and Nanzhao.