After passing through the narrow Alashan Pass, the howling wind eased a little. The flying snow in the sky was stirred by the dramatic wind, like a jade dragon rolling in a sea of clouds, roaring in the sky above the long line of the Tang army.

The Tang Army's infantry cavalry all had horses to walk, and the cavalry was one person, two horses or three horses. In the procession, there were also baggage wagons drawn by horses, as well as dozens of carriages for the wounded. Because there were many war horses and horses, the fierce north wind could not stop the Tang army. There were a few officers such as brigade commanders and lieutenants, who hummed softly in the face of the overwhelming snowflakes. Lesser? The famous sentence in "Cai Wei": "In the past, I went back, and the willows followed." Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling. Many soldiers were moved by the voice of this ancient conscript, and their hearts were filled with joy and longing, and their pace couldn't help but be a little faster, as if they could reach a warm home by walking two steps faster, and they could hold the ladies and children of the family and gather around the fire to tell them what they had seen and heard about the expedition.

In the festive atmosphere, Wang Yong silently rode on the newly-acquired Wuli horse, wearing a heavy black muntjac robe, in the wind and snow that rolled up the ground, like a black-faced god of war in the temple, his face was not sad or joyful, but he walked slowly close to the carriage. He also listened to the chattering discussions between Xiao Langjun and the little lady in the carriage.

Wang Yong raised his eyes and saw Ma Lu, who was riding on the flying frost with his head held high and full of ambition, and couldn't help but envy this guy with thick lines. After getting acquainted with Ma Luan, Wang Yong was no longer deceived by his delicate appearance, and knew that this guy was actually a rectum, who was just arrogant and freewheeling. For Ma Lu, this world is an endless and uncovered plain, all you need is a thunderbolt and a bow, and you can be happy with revenge. He can be like a ranger, if he is uneven, he will cry out, and if he has revenge, he will take revenge, but if he can't do it, he will turn around and leave. What you have to face is the boundless swamp and rugged cliffs, walking on thin ice day and night, blind people and blind horses night and night, you can only passively guard against cold arrows that may be shot at any time, but it is impossible to take the initiative to solve trouble. But this kind of life is my own choice, although the road is bumpy, but there is no regret.

Listening to Xiao Langjun's happy laughter on the carriage, thinking of Xiao Langjun's daily swordsmanship, archery skills and riding skills, the corners of Wang Yong's mouth rarely curled. He looked at the outline of the building that gradually became clear in the wind and snow, touched a few thistles that had been hidden in his arms for a long time, and secretly thought in his heart: "It's just from one battlefield to another." ”

These thistles were found in the grove outside of Shattered Leaf City. At that time, the big war was about to start, and the little princess was chased and killed near the Tang army camp, and Xiao Langjun, who was hunting and playing in the woods, suddenly fell off his horse. When everyone was in turmoil and panic, Wang Yong was still keenly aware of the strangeness of things. Xiao Langjun's pony was domesticated by himself, and his personality was particularly docile, so it was impossible to be suddenly frightened. And he searched carefully for the place where the horses were frightened, and found a lot of thistles hidden among the fallen leaves on the ground of the woods. These thistles are the standard weapons that the Tang Army usually uses, and there is nothing special about them. After the war, he took advantage of Ma Lan's spare time to teach Xiao Langjun archery, and when he went to search again, he couldn't find any traces.

He reported these anomalies to the marshal, but the marshal only told him to strengthen the protection of Xiao Langjun and not to act rashly. Thinking of this, he looked at Tingzhou City, which was obscure in the wind and snow, and Wang Yong's hand tightly held his horizontal knife: "No matter who is in front, so-and-so must draw his sword forward and face the hardships!" ”

As the Tang army crossed the temple in the west of the city, the lines of Tingzhou City became clearer and clearer. Wang Fei lifted the curtain on the side of the carriage and looked at Tingzhou City through the wind and snow. Although Wang Fei had the impression of Tingzhou City in his mind, it was after all fused with other people's memories, and it was not clear enough, so it was not as good as seeing at the moment. But vaguely, Wang Fei felt that he didn't have too much warm feeling for this Tingzhou City in his heart, but a little disgust and fear. Wang Fei's tortoise flow's personality made him secretly wonder, is there anything weird about this Tingzhou? Looks like you have to be careful! The incident outside Broken Leaf City has not been conclusive until now, but looking at Wang Yong, who was guarding closely outside the car, Wang Fei immediately realized that the world he crossed over was not simple, and the calm water was full of reefs and dangerous shoals, and he had to be energetic and deal with it carefully.

Aitengna saw Wang Fei poking her head out and looking out of the carriage, and curiously lifted the curtain on the other side. At a glance, in front of you is a huge rectangular city surrounded by water, which is even larger than Shattered Leaf City. A thick layer of snow had already accumulated on the ice of the moat outside the city. It can be vaguely found that the city wall has two sides, the inner and outer walls, which divide the city into inner and outer cities, and the inner city wall is higher. The two-story city wall is densely packed with horse faces and enemy platforms, and the four corners are also built with corner towers for detecting the enemy's situation. Aitengana found that in the midst of the stormy weather, there were still soldiers patrolling the city walls.

The Beiting army braved the wind and snow to walk towards the south gate of the city, and when there were still more than ten zhang away from the moat, Ma Lu, under the signal of Judge Du, lightly kicked Feishuang, crossed the ranks, and shouted to the defenders on the city wall: "Du Hu leads the army back to the city, open the city gate quickly!" ”

The Tang Army did not have a marshal in peacetime, and when it went out on an expedition, it appointed a "general manager of a certain march", which was a temporary position, and the upper and lower ranks of the army were mostly called "marshals" or "marshals". Wang Zhengjian was ordered to crusade against the Turks, so he was naturally the commander of this military operation, and the whole army also called him "big marshal". Wang Zhengjian's main duty is to protect and control the envoy of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate of Zhengsanpin, and when the class teacher returned to Tingzhou, Ma Ling called Wang Zhengjian "Duhu".

The fire commander of the defenders at the south gate of Tingzhou City heard Ma Luan's shout, and also saw the familiar faces of many robes under the city, but he still responded loudly according to the procedure: "Please hand in the fish talisman of the capital for inspection." As he spoke, he put the basket down.

"Don't bother!" Ma Lan took out the fish talisman and threw it forward, and then shot an arrow, and the feathers at the end of the arrow hooked the colorful silk thread on the fish talisman and flew towards the city with the fish talisman.

The fire chief panicked, and while trying to catch the fish talisman, he also wanted to use the shield to block the arrows, and suddenly he was in a hurry. The rest of the defenders did not react at all, and froze in place.

In the blink of an eye, the feather arrow drew an arc with the fish talisman, slowly flew past the fire chief, and then landed on the castle tower. Brass fish charms and the blue brick floor made a crisp crashing sound.

"Marksman! Marksman! The fire chief first froze, motionless in surprise, and then as if thawed by the spring breeze, he raised his arms and shouted. The defenders of the city and the ranks of the city shouted along.

Wang Yong saw the scene just now clearly, and he was also very impressed by Ma Lan's grasp of strength, and scolded with a smile in his heart: "This Ma Shisanlang has straight intestines, but there are a lot of eyes. I know that I am new to the city, so I will show my hand first. Then he said to Wang Fei, who poked his head out of the carriage: "Xiao Langjun, you have seen the unpredictable archery skills of the horse team, you must practice diligently." ”

Wang Fei nodded yes, and the defenders had already begun to turn the winch, and the drawbridge creaked down. The Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate has jurisdiction over the three armies of Hanhai, Tianshan, and Yiwu, with a total of 20,000 Tang troops. Among them, the Han Navy is directly under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, with a total of 12,000 people. The two armies of Tianshan and Yiwu each had 4,000 men. In this expedition, the Tianshan and Yiwu armies each sent 2,000 cavalry, and the rest were Han Navy. The 4,000 cavalry had already returned to their respective stations, and the garrison of the Han Navy was Tingzhou City.

"Stay in line and start entering town! After being stationed in the camp, all battalions can rest for three days except for the personnel on duty. Du Liulang gave an order, and the officers and men of the Han Navy walked through the urn city at the south gate with joyful steps, bypassed the inner city, ran to the camp in the northwest of the outer city, put down the equipment on their bodies, and then led the horses to the sheep and horse city outside the north city, and then went home happily.

Wang Zhengjian and his entourage, surrounded by hundreds of tooth soldiers, walked towards the south gate of the inner city. At this time, Ayi Tenggena found that there was actually a moat around the outside of the inner city, "The protection of this Tingzhou City is much tighter than that of Broken Leaf City, and our Tuqi Shi people are really not as good at building and defending the city as the Tang people." Aitengna muttered silently in her heart, her thoughts drifting away again.

"See Tsugo!" The shouts of dozens of people pulled Aitengna's thoughts back. A group of officials from the Cao Offices of the Metropolitan Protectorate wearing blue-green reunion collar official uniforms stood outside the south gate of the inner city to greet Wang Zhengjian. The three leaders, two were dressed in crimson official uniforms, and one was even dressed in purple robes, standing out in the blue and green of the group.

"The princes killed so-and-so! The success of broken leaves also depends on your strength, and a certain will ask for credit for you. Wang Zhengjian hurriedly replied.

"Wang Duhu, for the Duhu and all of you to ask for merit, a certain chapter has urgently reported to the saint, and there should be a will in the near future. General Gao informed a certain that the sage had learned about the sacrifice of Tianma, and the dragon heart was happy, and hoped that the general would send Tianma to Chang'an as soon as possible. Before the crowd could respond, a sharp voice floated out from the first three.

"Thank you Zhang Jianjun! The matter of offering Tianma to Chang'an, a certain has already been calculated. Calculate the time, set off tomorrow, all the way non-stop, and arrive in Chang'an when it is about to be the first day of the New Year. If you think about it, if you combine the two things of worshipping Tianma and Yuanri, I don't know what will happen to the public will? ”

The three of them silently calculated, and then nodded almost at the same time. "The capital is well arranged, but I don't know who is responsible for the pilgrimage?" A middle-aged man in a purple robe with a high nose and white skin in the middle of the three asked.

"Ashina's deputy protector, so I think so. In the Yuan Dynasty, all parties need to send envoys to worship the saints, one to worship the face of heaven, and the other to report on their responsibilities. However, there is no precedent on who to send, and the judge, Changshi, Confucius, and the secretary can also. A certain thought, this time is different from the past, there is a broken leaf war before, and there is a heavenly horse auspicious rui in the future, many matters, all need to be buried in the saint, it is better to be tired by the deputy capital protection, and go to Beijing in person, how about it? Wang Zheng saw that there was a spring breeze on his face and looked at Ashina Yang with an elegant face.