The dense tree was like a burly giant, looking down at Yu Chengjie step by step, 'one step, two steps, three steps', the assassin calculated the best time to strike, the cold light in his eyes became more and more blazing, he kicked his legs, and raised his sword to pounce, at this moment, a gray shadow passed over his head, as fast as lightning and fire.

Yu Chengjie suddenly felt a feeling on his head, looked up at the big tree, the branches were thick, the branches were dense, like a big umbrella for him to block the chaotic spring rain, he didn't see anything, Yu Chengjie shook his head, and quickly disappeared into the night rain.

Wang Bing threw the assassin into a pool on the ground, broke his sword into four or five pieces casually, and threw it coldly in front of him, "Go back and tell the king, if you have the ability, you can see the real chapter on the battlefield, don't play such a despicable trick, let me look down on it, get out!" ”

The assassin was numb, his limbs had no strength, and he stared up at the giant bear-like Wang Bingge, stunned by his superb martial prowess, and suddenly heard that he had no intention of killing himself, and in surprise he turned over and got up, stumbled, and fled without a trace in a moment.

Wang Bing looked at his back and ran away, shook his head slowly, and muttered: "You are the hope of Nanzhao, but don't let me down!" ”

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In the dark room, Ge Luofeng stared at the soaking assassin and said coldly, "Didn't you say that you can bring back the head of Chengjie to me with your own strength?" ”

The assassin knelt on the ground, panting slightly, "I have killed no less than twenty people, and I have never missed, today I squatted on the tree for three hours, and I was about to succeed, but I was destroyed by one person, and I was captured by him, and I almost couldn't come back." ”

"Humph! You're lucky to have caught you and let you come back unscathed. ”

Ge Luofeng turned around slowly, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, the corners of his mouth were furrowed, and several tall and strong men grabbed him and were about to drag him out of the house, the assassin knew that he didn't believe him, and he was so frightened that he kowtowed desperately, "The king spares his life!" He had something to tell you, so he let me go. ”

With a slight wave of his hand, several big men let go of him again.

The assassin hesitated, but replied, "He said that you and Yu Chengjie should go to the battlefield to see the real chapter, and don't play such a despicable trick." ”

His heart chilled for a while, he had only tasted this sentence until now, he was simple-minded and naïve, could the lord believe it?

Ge Luo Feng turned his head suddenly, his eyes showing disbelief, "He wanted me and Yu Chengjie to see the real chapter on the battlefield, so he let you go?" ”

"Yes! That's what he said to his subordinates, and his subordinates were absolutely not lying. Dao.

Ge Luofeng stared at him for a long time, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, with his intuition, he knew that the person in front of him was not lying, if it was an ordinary person, it would be fine, but he still had such a high skill, he captured the second killer of the Black Feather team, and he could let him go on his own initiative, it was the first time he had heard of such an interesting person, Ge Luofeng suddenly had a strong interest in Wang Bingge, glanced at him and said: "Let's spare you this time, tell me, what kind of person is he?" ”

When the assassin saw that Ge Luofeng had spared him, he was surprised and delighted: "This is also the first time my subordinates have seen this person, and his figure is extremely large, like a giant bear. ”

"I don't even know about this?", he turned back to his subordinates around him and said, "When did such a person come to Yu Chengjie's mansion, who of you knows?" ”

At this time, a young man slowly stepped forward, he was also a Nanzhao Qingping official, named Duan Fuke, a staunch supporter of Ge Luofeng, and also his military advisor, he waved his hand, and everyone around him retreated.

"King, this person's name is Wang Bingge, he was brought from Datang by Yu Chengjie, he is the leader of the Jiannan Dao gang, the king once mentioned this person to me, saying that this person has a great effect."

Speaking of this, Duan Fuke smiled and said, "And now he is just a captain of the guard in Yu Chengjie, doesn't the king have any ideas?" ”

Ge Luo raised his head, and a cold light shot out of his eagle-like eyes, "How could I have no idea, let me and Yu Chengjie see the truth on the battlefield, it shows that this person has a heart for me, and he is committed to Yu Chengjie as a last resort, if this person is used by me, he will be my magic soldier and play a role at the most critical time." ”

After a pause, Ge Luofeng immediately said to Duan Fuke: "This matter is up to you, no matter how much it costs, you must draw him to my side, if he is willing, I want to see him." ”

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Ge Luofeng dispatched his troops and put his hand into the enemy's interior; The Tibetan envoys moved around to spread the benevolence of Zampu on the shores of Erhai Lake; Wei Jian's state affairs are frequent, arranging the future of Nanzhao; Yu Chengjie is drunk and dreams of death, lingering in the gentle land; Chen Xilie is struggling to die on the sickbed, looking for medical advice and medicine, it seems that everyone is very busy, but what about Li Qing? He was silent, did he disappear? No! He didn't, he was a wolf, hiding in the shadows, looking for an opportunity, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

The guards of the Tang Dynasty mission were stationed in a valley about four miles northeast of Taihe City, in the south of it are undulating hills, in the distance, you can see the majestic Cangshan across the southwest, the distant undulating mountains and forests are dark blue, as if floating on the gray-white clouds, the gray-white clouds are the majestic Taihe City.

But today there was nothing to see, the vast rain and fog obstructed the vision, and the soldiers standing guard could only see the situation two miles away, at this time, the sound of horses' hooves penetrated the rain and fog and reached the ears of the soldiers standing guard on the tower.

Several Tang soldiers opened the curtain and tried to look into the distance, and after a while, a group of cavalry appeared on a small hill four hundred paces away, a large number, about three hundred horsemen, they rushed down the hillside, like a rapid wind approaching the camp, the knights on the horse were all tall and burly, strong and majestic, black hair fluttering under the helmet, grim expressions, sharp eyes

Holding a black horse in his hand, the tip of the blade is wrapped with murderous aura, and a steel crossbow I knife hangs on his back, and the bright armor covers his knees.

"They are the Tang Army! Go and report to the general. ”

Several sentinels were intimidated by the momentum of the comers, until they reached a hundred steps away before they came to their senses, hurriedly went downstairs to report to the Tang army commander Chen Xuanli, Chen Xuanli is about fifty years old, born with big ears, extraordinary instruments, when he was young, followed Li Longji to exterminate Princess Taiping, a few decades have passed, his sharpness is no longer there, from a straight shuttle dart into curling green smoke, idle and flickering. He was the chief general of the Tang Mission, and led a total of more than 3,000 Yulin troops to the south, responsible for protecting the safety of the mission.

Listening to the soldiers' report that hundreds of Tang troops arrived, Chen Xuanli was surprised at first, and then woke up, this must be Li Qing and his subordinates who came from Taihe City, Chen Xuanli guessed correctly, the person who came was Li Qing, after returning from the east, they have been stationed in Taihe City, this time to the Tang army camp, there is something important to discuss with Chen Xuanli.

Soon, the door of the camp was opened, and Chen Xuanli greeted him with a smile, nominally, Li Qing was his deputy general, but when he was in Yibin County, Li Qing was separated from the Tang Army Brigade by the emperor's secret order and became a family of his own, so Chen Xuanli did not dare to treat him with the attitude of his boss.

"General Li has not come to see us since he came back from the east, and he really deserves to be punished! Say it yourself, what should you be punished? ”

Chen Xuanli stepped forward and took his hand, looked it up and down, and said with a smile: "A trip to the East seems to be a lot more majestic." ”

Although Li Qing made great achievements in the east, he was not ostentatious, he first gave a military salute to Chen Xuanli, and then smiled apologetically: "After returning from the east, I have been forced by my subordinates to practice archery and horses, and General Chen, who is contemptuous, please don't blame it, if you really want to blame these guys, I will be exhausted to death by them." ”

Speaking of this, he pulled his mouth back, spread his hands, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly, Chen Xuanli laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You should practice arching horses well, you look at your group of subordinates, all of them are heroes, if you don't show your example, how can you lead them."

While laughing, Chen Xuanli let Li Qing into the camp, entered the military tent, and some soldiers served tea, and the two exchanged a few words, Li Qing gave him a look, Chen Xuanli understood, ordered to retreat left and right, and then said solemnly: "General Li may as well say something directly." ”

Li Qing slowly walked to the tent door, looked up with his hands up, stared at the drizzle in the sky, his eyes flashed a trace of coldness, and after a long time, he said lightly: "I want to ask General Chen to give me military power for a few days." ”

"What!" Rao is Chen Xuanli cultivated kung fu at home, but he was still stunned by Li Qing's words, he actually wanted to seize his military power, his square face was swollen purple, and he pointed at Li Qing word by word and said: "You say it again?" ”

Li Qing looked back at him and said with a slight smile: "I want to do one thing, and I need to use troops, so I want to ask General Chen to give me military power for a few days." ”

Chen Xuanli had calmed down, knowing that Li Qing was by no means a person who spoke his mouth, so he picked up the handsome seal from the table and said coldly: "My subordinates are all Yulin Army, if you want to take away my military power, then good, please bring the emperor's holy decree, and I will give you this handsome seal, if not, hum!" Hum! Don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. ”

Li Qing slowly straightened his waist, looking tall and arrogant, he took out Li Longji's secret decree from his arms, handed it over, and then stared at his eyes, Chen Xuanli took it, hurriedly glanced at it, his mouth suddenly opened wide, and he couldn't close it for a long time, he read it carefully again, and finally looked up at Li Qing incredulously, how is this possible, in the Tang Dynasty Mission, where there are prime ministers and Shangshu, the emperor actually gave the decision-making power of the Nanzhao issue to a small Guoyi Duwei, which really made him unable to understand, what is going on here?

"General Chen, the emperor's holy purpose is this, I order you to hand over the military power to me!"

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The guards of the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo mission are more than 1,000 people, according to the regulations, only 300 people can enter the city to protect the mission, and the rest are all stationed outside the city, for safety, the Tubo mission decided to live in the barracks outside the city, 500 people escort Yi Xiangle into the city every day, 300 people stay at the city gate to standby, and the other 200 people escort the envoys into the city.

The Tubo mission came a month later than the Tang Mission, and it was too early to announce its position, but Yi Xiangle was a patient person, in order to eliminate the vigilance and misunderstanding of all strata of Nanzhao towards Tubo, he shuttled in Taihe City every day, and went to visit the high-ranking officials and Dajia of Nanzhao one by one, his guards were about 200 people, although the number was not much, but compared to the narrow streets of Taihe City, this is a huge number.

The rain in Nanzhao has been falling for many days, there is no sunshine, the sky and the earth are gray, everyone's clothes are wet, cold and uncomfortable, and the irritability begins to spread in Taihe City, like an infectious disease, making everyone's faces as gloomy as the sky, without a smile.

At dusk, the sky is dark, drizzle, as usual, the soldiers around the north gate of Taihe City began to change the guard, each gate of the soldiers about a thousand people, respectively guarding the city tower, the city wall and the city gate, but today the people out of the city feel that this group of soldiers is a little strange, they have a lot of unfamiliar faces, although the armor they wear is the same as the Nanzhao soldiers, but their faces and figures are not like the Nanzhao people, the general face is broad, tall and strong, this is the appearance of the northern race, although the heart has doubts, But the cold and damp weather made the people have no intention of staying, and they have no intention of thinking about it, they just want to return to their warm and dry homes as soon as possible.

The soldiers guarding the city seemed to understand the urgency of the people to go home, they did not hinder them, let the people enter and exit the city gate, only closed their mouths firmly, and did not say a word, their main general was Li Qing, led more than 1,000 Tang troops to pretend to be Nanzhao soldiers, occupied the north gate, according to his plan, he was ready to attack Yi Xiangle, the Tubo ambassador who returned at night, and completely muddied the water of Nanzhao. At this time, he stood on the castle tower, silently staring at the distant street

The movement in the city, the sky was dark and the clouds were low, and the east wind was blowing strongly, I saw that his figure was dignified, his long black hair fluttered in the wind under the high helmet, the corners of his mouth were stretched in a straight line, and his face was as cold and hard as granite, full of strength and fearlessness.

According to the agreement reached by Wei Jian and Zhao Quandeng, Yu Chengjie and his family will provide all conveniences for the Tang Dynasty, including the Nanzhao military uniform banner, the right to guard the city gate, etc., so when Li Qing seized military power from Chen Xuanli's hand, he immediately began his 'beheading' operation, he personally led 1,200 soldiers to control the north gate of Taihe City, and ordered Li Siye to lead 2,000 troops to ambush on the way from the Tubo military camp to the north gate, just waiting for the Tubo army to come to the city gate to rescue, to give a head-on attack.

The night is already very deep, there is silence in Taihe City, the city gates have been locked, it seems that all the people have fallen asleep, only the rain in the sky is still falling tirelessly, at this time, there is a mixed sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels rolling on the street, a large black shadow slowly came to the north gate, Li Qing has been waiting for nearly three hours The target finally appeared, and there were figures on the originally silent city wall that began to shake slightly.

He lobbied for a whole day, visited three high-ranking officials of Nanzhao and two big businessmen of Nanzhao, and the effect was okay, one of them expressed support for the establishment of an alliance between Nanzhao and Tubo on the spot, and two others said that they still had to consider it.

"My lord, the north gate is ahead, I'll call the door."

The group gradually arrived at the north gate, one of its entourages stepped forward and asked the soldiers to open the door and let them out of the city, they had the king's special approval, they could go out of the city at night, Li Qing nodded lightly, signaled the soldiers to open the city gate, the two city gates 'squeak quack' were opened, the Tubo mission urged the horse to go, it has been nearly a month, every day is like this, when thinking has become inertia, the guards of Yi Xiangle relaxed their vigilance, two hundred guards first ran out of the city to explore the road, and left Yi Xiangle's carriage behind.

The carriage began to enter the city gate, and at that moment, 'Dang! As soon as the ground sounded, a bell rang from the city tower, and countless torches were lit, illuminating the area around the north gate as if it were daylight, and then the outer city gate was suddenly closed, and from both sides of the north city gate poured out a large group of Tang troops wearing Nanzhao military uniforms, they held steel crossbows, blocked the city gate, and the arrows rained down, flying towards the Yongdao.

At the moment when the outer city gate closed, Yi Xiangle immediately reacted, 'Not good! "He yelled, and without hesitation, ordered the soldiers to force a breakthrough.

The coachman and the horse had been shot to death, the carriage overturned, Yi Xiangle jumped out of the carriage, mixed with the soldiers, ready to flee with them, suddenly there was a huge pain in his thigh, a stray arrow shot him, he staggered, his legs were weak, and he almost fell to the ground, but at this moment, another arrow with the grim smile of death, quietly and silently flew towards his throat, Yi Xiangle couldn't dodge at all, he suddenly opened his eyes wide with fear, ' Poof, the arrow penetrated his throat, the strength of his whole body gradually disappeared, kneeling to the ground, at this time ten thousand arrows flew, it seemed that all the arrows were aimed at him, shooting him like a hedgehog, Yi Xiangle was shot to death immediately, slowly fell forward, and after a while, all the Tubo people were shot and killed, just like that, Yi Xiangle, who originally became the prime minister of Tubo in the future, actually died under the city of Nanzhao, and all this, just because a butterfly flew into the Tang Dynasty, history quietly changed the trajectory of its travel.

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Half an hour later, the news of the attack on Da Lun reached the Tubo military camp, the young and vigorous Shang Xi Dongzan immediately gathered all the soldiers, rushed to the north gate of Taihe City, the rain became denser and denser, and brought a chill to this gloomy night, the feet of the soldiers were covered with yellow mud, heavy, and they felt that their shoes were going to fall off when they took a step, and the marching speed of the Tubo army began to slow down.

At this time, the front army suddenly let out a shout, the bridge was dismantled, Shang Xi Dongzan stepped forward, wiped the rain from his face, and looked carefully at the curtain, only to see a big river in front of him, his eyes turned from the big river to the road on both sides, the road was lined with dark woods, the woods were foggy, and suddenly there was a neighing of horses in the woods on the left, the sound was not loud, but he heard it very clearly, and an uneasy thought rose from the bottom of his heart, "Is there an ambush in the woods?" ”

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he reacted suddenly, just now someone came to report to him that something had happened, but the bridge was not broken at that time, which means that the bridge had just been dismantled.

"Quick! Quickly retreat, there is an ambush! ”

He roared, turned his horse's head and fled, but it was too late, and suddenly he heard a bang, and the arrows were shot all over the sky, denser and more urgent than the rain, and the soldiers of the brigade were caught off guard, and were shot down a large part at once, and even Shang Xi Dongzan's war horse was shot with a few arrows, and he fell down with a roar, and knocked him off the horse.

Rushed out of the woods out of the brigade of Tang troops dressed in Nanzhao military uniforms, shouting and killing, densely packed with thousands of people, swept towards the Tubo soldiers on the avenue, the Tubo soldiers were already frightened, while shouting, while stumbling and fleeing, but the shoes were slippery, but did not escape a few steps to be caught up by the Tang army, a burst of swords and swords, the Tang army with superior numbers and high morale immediately killed the Tubo army corpses all over the field, Li Siye took the lead, he carried a Mo knife, from the rain and mist straight to Shangxi Dongzan rushed to, The huge body towered in front of him like an iron tower, 'Brush! With a knife and a slash, Shang Xi Dongzan touched a shield to block it, but the blow was like a wild axe splitting a mountain, and the shield was split in half, and he only felt a huge pain on the top of his head as if it was torn apart, and his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

In April of the fourth year of Tianbao, the Tang army attacked the Tubo mission in Nanzhao, and more than 1,000 people, including Yi Xiangle, the envoy of Tubo, were killed except for dozens of people who escaped by chance, and the situation in Nanzhao was completely disturbed and muddy.