The cavalry of the Tang army of 3,000 people is led by Cao Hanchen, the governor of the Broken Leaf Army, he arrived in Vermilion Bird City in the early hours of this morning to inspect the Xuanwu City when he got an urgent report from Xuanwu City, frightened, Cao Hanchen did not even enter the city gate and rushed to Xuanwu City to rescue, the entire Broken Leaf is the only one who knows Shi Yang's true identity, the righteous son of His Majesty the Tang Emperor, but he is a small soldier under the Broken Leaf Army, it is an incredible thing, three months ago, when Cao Hanchen wanted to promote Shi Yang to the captain of the Golden Dragon Dao, he unexpectedly received a secret letter from His Majesty the Emperor, ordered him to discount any of Shi Yang's merits, and strictly forbade him to reveal Shi Yang's true identity, Cao Hanchen was born in the military, he can understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts, only the tree that grows in the wind and rain will be thicker and more lush.

Cao Hanchen led the army to gallop to the front of Xuanwu City, his nervous heart settled down, the city was still fluttering the Tang Army flag, Xuanwu City was unharmed, at this time, Shi Yang and the other two teams were stepping forward together to salute, "See the general." ”

"Well done!" Cao Hanchen pointed to the brilliant achievements under the city wall with a horsewhip and praised.

Shi Yang stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Returning to the general, this is the result of the bloody battle of three hundred brothers, and the three thousand prisoners of war desperately helped, so that we repelled the attack of the four thousand Geluqs. ”

Three hundred? Cao Hanchen was stunned for a moment, he swept around and asked, "Where is your Captain Fang?" Where did he go? ”

"Back to the general, Captain Fang led people to Uzman Mountain to quarry three days ago, and he has not yet returned." Team Huang and Team Yang stepped forward together and said: "This time to repel the attack of the Qarluqs, the brothers unanimously elected Shi Team Zheng as the acting captain to make this miraculous feat, and the final withdrawal of the Qarluqs was precisely because Shi Team Zheng shot down the enemy chief with one arrow. ”

Cao Hanchen looked up to the sky and laughed, he turned over and stepped forward and patted Shi Yang's shoulder heavily, "I knew that you kid was hiding and not revealing it, and he really made meritorious service again." ”

Shi Yang immediately knelt down on one knee, "I don't dare to take credit for my humble duties, please give this credit to the brothers and the three thousand prisoners of war, and I am willing to share it with them." ”

Cao Hanchen stared at him speechless for a long time, and he suddenly smiled coldly and said, "How can General Ben's decision be influenced by your small team?" How dare you say more. I will cure you for your sins. ”

With a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Enter the city!" "Back to the broken leaves, although Ge Lulu took the initiative to provoke, Cao Hanchen did not have the right to officially start a war with the Ge Lulu people, and even Siyu, the protector of Anxi, did not have it. The matter must be reported to His Majesty the Emperor for decision.

Shi Yang is also in the queue to return to Broken Leaf, he was promoted to the captain of the fifth scout battalion because of this battle, Huang Team Zheng and Yang Team Zheng were promoted to lieutenant at the same time, and all the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle were credited with great merit once, and the 3,000 prisoners of war who helped the battlefield will all be released after the construction of Xuanwu City, and those who wish to stay in Broken Leaf will enjoy the same treatment as immigrants.

Shi Yang was promoted to lieutenant of the scout battalion. The Xuanwu City Defense will replace it with another army. He returns to Shattered Leaf to take on the Shindi mission.

It is about 300 miles from Xuanwu City to Broken Leaves. It will take more than two days to return. Everyone walked along the Daqing Pond at a high speed. Stop at dark in a small town called Winding. Name implies. This town is not like other places where the wind and dust are blowing. It is located in a mountain col. A clear river flows quietly through the middle of the town. It has only a few dozen homes. Very peaceful. The Tang army also did not enter the town. Instead, they were camped outside the town.

The large battalion has just been stationed. A scout sped in.

"Report to the General. A pigeon letter came from the city of Ashibula. A caravan of two hundred wagons crossed the border. It could be an escort for military supplies. ”

The city of Ashbroi is located between Shattered Leaf and Talas. It is a famous commercial supply city. It is about 600 miles away from broken leaves. It was also the last supply depot before coming to Broken Leaves. It is currently controlled by the Great Eater. But the Don army had secret intelligence points there.

Cao Hanchen heard that there were military supplies crossing the border. My head immediately hurt. These two months. Great Food continued to deliver large quantities of military supplies to Qarluq. Three batches have been seized. However, there are still many investigations, and there is a continuous flow of military supplies sent to Qarluq. And these materials are all made by private businessmen. The big food official didn't come forward at all. In the past, it used to come from the south. Now it's north. It's vast and sparsely populated. More difficult to detect. But if you don't check. Send a knife over each. It means that the Tang soldiers will shed one more drop of blood. The wind must be braked hard. Come to think of this. Cao Hanchen gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order the fifth scout battalion to quickly intercept the big food merchant." Don't make the slightest mistake! ”

A group of more than 300 cavalry galloped towards the north, after receiving this letter, the big food merchants had already set their way, and rushing to the city of Ashibulai would only be empty, they must have crossed the northernmost part of the Broken Leaf Valley and went directly to the Qarlu territory, and it was possible to intercept them only by going around to the east of them.

More than 300 cavalry each had two horses, galloping day and night, and the nearest exit north of the Broken Leaf Valley was also five hundred miles away, and it would take three days to arrive at the earliest, and the more north the exit, the more it would be, and I didn't know where it would come from, whether the Great Food Caravan had not yet arrived, or had it already crossed? Shi Yang suddenly felt that whether he could intercept the Great Food Caravan was completely up to whether God was willing to give him a bit of luck.

Compared with the warm and humid Daqingchi River Basin in the south, the north of the Shaye River is cold, there is no trace of green, there is no vitality, hundreds of miles are a bare gray-white, boring and monotonous, people's eyes hurt to see.

"Captain, look!" Early that morning, a soldier suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted, "It's a snowy mountain." ”

Through a thin layer of mist, Shi Yang saw a towering snow-capped mountain faintly in the northeast, and under the faint morning sun, the snow peak flashed with a strange blue light.

"Is this the Demon Dragon Snow Mountain?" Shi Yang asked with some surprise, he heard that there is a blue snow-capped mountain in the northernmost part of the Broken Leaf River, and there are often monsters like demon dragons in the ice lake below the snow-capped mountain, and it is said that on the night of the full moon, it will also appear on the top of the peak to sing to the moon.

"That's right, this is the Demon Dragon Snow Mountain where there are legends infested with demon beasts." An experienced team member stepped forward and said with a smile: "There is a small town called Amutu at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, which is quite lively, we have been on the road all night, we can rest there for a while, and inquire about the whereabouts of the big food caravan." ”

Shi Yang nodded, turned around and waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, work harder, go to the town in front to rest." ”

All the Tang troops were in high spirits. Speed along the desolate gravel beach towards the snow-capped mountains.

Two hours later, the Tang army finally came to this small town built on the edge of the lake, the town's houses are distributed along the lake in the shape of a crescent, about 400 households, most of them are Turgish, they were the first herdsmen. With more and more merchants going back to the land, there are people who have to settle down here under the Demon Dragon Snow Mountain, and gradually, there are more and more Turkish people who settle down, and finally form the scale of today's town, there are more than 3,000 men, women and children, most of whom are opening shops and doing business.

The town is surrounded by dense forests, and the town of Amtu comes into view from a deep, flat road. The town's buildings are mostly made of wood, and the thick logs are covered with moss and cracks, making them look old. But one of the main roads in the town is clean and wide, as if it had just been repaired, and there are all kinds of shops on the streets, inns, taverns, gambling houses, and brothels, and it is almost noon, and the streets are full of people, and most of them are merchants, Turgish, Uighurs, Persians, Sogdians, and Qarluqs. You can even see the faces of several Han Chinese.

It's like a peach blossom paradise, a stark contrast to the desolate gray world outside.

More than 300 Tang soldiers rode slowly on the street, causing many people to look sideways, but no one came up to interfere with them, Shi Yang felt a little strange in his heart, so he asked Team Liu just now: "Whose territory does this belong to?" Qarluqs? ”

"Nope! Not them, the town belonged to the Sogdian merchants, and they owned half of the shops here. Team Liu seemed to be familiar with this place, and he smiled and said, "It is said that the Qarluq people are afraid of the demon beasts in the lake. He never dared to use swords and soldiers here, but in fact, it was because the Sogdian merchants had a great influence on the Qarluq land, so the Qarluq did not attack here. ”

Speaking of this, Team Liu couldn't help but sigh and said: "Actually, there were originally a few Han people here who opened a land shop, and the Sogdians oppressed them very heavily and struggled to survive. ”

"Team Liu seems to be familiar with this place, huh?" Shi Yang asked with a faint smile.

"That's natural, my father used to open an inn here. Later moved to Crushed Leaves. I joined the army three years ago in Broken Leaves. ”

Team Liu shook his head, not wanting to talk about the past again. He led Tang Jun to turn around and enter an alley, walked dozens of steps, turned to the right, and there was a tavern hidden in front of him.

"Captain Shi, you take the brothers here and wait for a while, and I'll ask about the situation." Team Liu said as he took off his military uniform and changed into civilian clothes.

"I'll go with you." Shi Yang threw the reins to a soldier, changed into civilian clothes, and walked into the tavern with Team Liu.

The tavern was deserted outside, but inside it was noisy and cluttered, with a large number of customers, and a sour smell of wine mixed with the smell of hot sheep filled every corner of the tavern.

There are more than a dozen large square tables with rough workmanship, almost all of them are full of drinkers, a young woman with a big ass is straining her face, holding a crockpot full of wine in her hand to pour wine for the guests, every time she pours a glass of wine, she reaches out for ten copper coins as a tip, most of the drinkers are shrewd businessmen, although they know that this is the rule, but they are still unwilling to pinch the woman's fat buttocks, which is considered compensation for the tip, the woman seems to be used to pinching, and does not care, Continue to pour the next guest for money.

"Although it is chaotic here, I have asked for a lot of news, come with me!"

Team Liu was leading Shi Yang through the hall, they were dressed in Turkic clothes, no one paid attention to them, the living room was still noisy, and the two soon came to the counter, the shopkeeper in the counter was a thin Sogdian, with two small mung bean eyes that seemed to be hollowed in with a drill, shining under the arch of his red eyebrows, and his pale face looked very patient, with the cunning and greed peculiar to all businessmen.

Liu Teamzheng stepped forward and said a few words in Persian, and the Sogdians were stunned for a moment, but he immediately recognized Liu Teamzheng, patted him on the shoulder affectionately, and smiled at the wrinkles on his face into flowers.

Team Liu was whispering a few more words, and the flowers on the Sogdian's face had reverted to the lines on the money bag, and he muttered a sentence in disregard, and Team Liu was smiling and took out a stack of about ten Datang silver coins from his pocket. Placed on the counter, the Sogdians glanced at the two mung beans for a moment, and then shook their heads, and Team Liu was smiling without saying a word, and took out ten more silver coins. One by one, they were added upwards until they reached sixteen, and the Sogdians still shook their heads, but at this time, Liu Teamzheng suddenly took a piece back, and the Sogdian's hand was faster than lightning, and he grabbed the silver coin and whispered a few words to Liu Team.

Team Liu's face changed, and he pulled Shi Yang and ran quickly towards the outside of the tavern. As soon as he got out of the tavern, he hurriedly said, "Chase! The big food caravan we were looking for had just left the town of Atumu an hour ago.

Shi Yang didn't have time to change his clothes, so he turned over his horse and shouted to the soldiers: "Go now!" ”

The hooves of the three hundred horsemen rushed out of the alley like thunder. Running straight to the north of Atumu Town, there are two roads at the exit of Atumu Town, one leads north to the desert and Yibo Sea, and the other goes east through dozens of miles of vast forests, out of the forest and into the territory controlled by the Qarluqs.

Without thinking, the Tang army galloped along the road to the east, which was actually a small river through the woodland, and the gravel beaches on both sides of the river became a natural trade road, on which there were occasional caravans in a hurry, but this was not the big food caravan they were chasing. The momentum of the Tang army was like thunder, so frightened that the merchants along the way dodged to both sides, and the Tang army flew past them.

After chasing for more than 20 miles, he still didn't see the shadow of the big food caravan, Shi Yang waved his hand and ordered: "Stop!" ”

The speed of Tang Jun's running gradually slowed down, Shi Yang frowned, and asked Liu Team, "Could the Sogdians lie to you?" ”

"No!" Liu Teamzheng shook his head without hesitation, "Although the Sogdians regard money as their life, they are very trustworthy. If you receive money, you won't give fake news. ”

"Could it be that the big food caravan he said is not the same group as the merchant we are looking for?"

This Liu team is also a little puzzled, this is indeed possible, after all, there are not many clues he can provide, more than 200 carriages, and the goods on the carriages are all tied with black tarpaulin, but then again, even if it is not a group of people, there should be a large food caravan with more than 200 carriages.

"Captain, look!" One of the horsemen suddenly pointed to the forest on the left and shouted in a low voice.

Shi Yang followed his finger and looked in the direction. There was a rush of ecstasy in his heart. I saw a carriage parked in the depths of the forest a hundred paces away, and the items on it were very huge. All were bandaged with black tarpaulin, and on the grass lay a resting coachman, who did not notice the Tang Army.

"Not just one, I've seen dozens of wagons." Shi Yang's eyes are sharp, and he sees deeper and farther than others.

"Team Liu, you copy from the left bread, and you must not let go of anyone."

Shi Yang ordered another team to say: "Team Qin, you copy from the right side, and you must not let go of anyone either." ”

The Tang army divided its troops into three routes, quickly outflanked the horse convoy in the forest, and before they could get closer, the people on the grass found them, he jumped up in horror and shouted loudly, Shi Yang raised his hand, and a crossbow arrow pierced his neck, and he fell to the ground heavily holding his neck.

"Kill me!"

Three hundred cavalry roared and rushed into the forest, there were really more than two hundred carriages hidden in the forest, the people who escorted the carriage had been alerted, they pulled out their knives and fought with the Tang army, all fierce, but where they were the opponents of the Tang cavalry, several charges, they were hacked to death by the Tang army, and the rest of the people no longer had the fighting spirit to flee around, but all the way out has been blocked, and the three hundred Tang troops surrounded in a circle, gradually retracted, and compressed the remaining more than 100 people into a pile.

"Tell them to put down their knives, or they won't be killed!" Shi Yang asked Team Liu to go up and shout.

Team Liu was urging the horse to step forward, shouting a few words in the big food language, the big cannibals all turned around together, looked at a middle-aged man, Shi Yang sneered, he urged the horse to step forward, pointed a crossbow arrow at his forehead, looked at him coldly, and said nothing.

There was a hint of fear in the eyes of the big cannibal, and he immediately put down the knife and raised his hand, and under his leadership, all the big cannibals threw their knives on the ground and raised their hands one after another.

Shi Yang pointed to the leader of the big cannibal and said to Team Liu: "You take him for interrogation, and you have to ask all the information clearly." ”

"Yes!" Team Liu waved his hand and took a few soldiers to escort the leader of the big cannibals, and the rest of the big cannibals were also escorted elsewhere.

Shi Yang slowly approached a carriage, and picked open the black oilcloth with a knife, revealing a huge wooden part inside, and he picked up more than a dozen carriages in a row, all of which were all kinds of wooden parts.

Shi Yang's face slowly became solemn, and he already recognized that one of them was a part of a huge stone thrower, and the other was a folding ladder, that is, these carriages were loaded with various siege weapons.

At this time, Team Liu was coming out of the forest and reported to Shi Yangyu: "Captain, I have already asked clearly, they are not merchants, they are all dressed as big food soldiers, escorting fifteen long ladders, a battering ram and a giant trebuchet to the Qarluqs.

"How can a battering ram and a trebuchet be enough?" Shi Yang shook his head and said, "They must also have drawings and craftsmen, all of them will be found out for me." ”

Just as Shi Yang had judged, the Tang army quickly found a wooden box full of drawings from the bottom of a carriage, and three craftsmen from among the captives who had been sent to instruct the Qarluqs in the production of siege weapons.

"Captain, what about these prisoners and carriages?" Team Liu asked Shi Yangdao in a low voice.

Shi Yang glanced at the captives, and a killing intent flashed in his eyes, "Except for the three craftsmen who took them away, all the other big cannibals were killed, and none of them were left, and all the things on the carriage were burned." ”

An hour later, more than 300 cavalry troops with hundreds of horses galloped towards the town of Amtu again, and behind them thick smoke billowed and rushed straight into the sky.

In the afternoon, they returned to the town of Amutu, just entered the town, but the Tang army met more than a hundred Hui cavalry on the street, they surrounded a man in a black robe from head to toe, could not see each other's face, the two armies staggered, both looked at each other vigilantly, hands on the hilt of the knife, keeping a distance of dozens of steps from each other, Shi Yang looked at the man in the black robe, he suddenly saw a pair of gloomy eyes staring at him from the gap in the black robe. To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to .qidiancom, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! )