The autumn wind in Shuling is roaring, and there are few pedestrians.

In the rugged and steep Yinping Road, a caravan of more than 30 people led horses and mules, squeaking and walking on the plank road opened up when Deng Ai entered Shu. In the caravan, a horse with a flying mane and light legs and hooves is particularly eye-catching.

The mountain breeze is gentle, the flags painted with ginkgo biloba are flickering and soothing, and the sound of apes in the cliffs and valleys is as far as it is near. As soon as the caravan left the plank road, seven or eight archers and a dozen soldiers armed with horizontal swords suddenly appeared in a long-abandoned beacon in front of them.

"Stop! On the orders of the marshal, the Jiannan Army strictly investigated the rout who escaped from the battle! The leading fat-headed brigade commander showed the fish talisman and official documents, signaling the caravan to stop.

Although the caravan was a little stunned, they were not panicked. The leader took out the place and a few Tingzhou silver coins, and stuffed them into the fat team's hands before he smiled and said: "A certain caravan of Su Yeju has always been honest and dutiful, and I hope the general will let it go." ”

"Su Yeju? You're all waiting for! The fat team with bright eyes was hurriedly putting away the silver coins, took out a roll of silk from his arms, and walked to the caravan to compare them carefully.

"It's not...... This is not like ......" After a circle, the fat team was extremely disappointed, so he waved his hand angrily: "This caravan is suspicious, search for me!" ”

The wolf-like soldiers rushed into the caravan, dragged the wooden box off the horse's back, pried it open and flipped it around. But there is nothing else in the box except the brilliant Shu brocade.

"Don't take the flat Golden Bull Road, but take the Yinping Road with nine twists and eighteen turns, what are your intentions?" The fat team was picking bones in the eggs and questioned sharply.

"General Qiyu, although this road is dangerous, we want to sell Shu brocade to Longyou Shanzhou, and we can save a lot of time by taking the Yinping Road." The caravan leader smiled and pulled out a few more silver coins.

"Forget it, it looks like you didn't have a fugitive with you." The disheartened fat team was about to release the silver coin, but his eyes were glued to Qinghai Cheng: "What a handsome horse......"

"General, this horse is a gift from the owner of the name, Master Fei, to the Lord of Suye County, and the little one doesn't dare to call the shots." The leader hurriedly leaned into the ear of the fat team: "There are many horses on the right side of Longyou, when a certain person returns from Shanzhou, he will give a few dragon horses from Longju Island to the general, but this horse is ......"

"Lord Suye? Isn't that the righteous daughter of the concubine? The fat captain's fat face was suddenly full of flattery: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, let it go!" ”

After leaving Fengsui for a few miles, the leader of the caravan took a long breath: "Fortunately, I used the name of the county lord of Suye to suppress the greedy team, otherwise how would I explain to Captain Li in the future?" ”

The autumn wind blows Wushan, and the boat hangs white sails on the river.

When Qinghai was struggling in the Yinping Road, its owner, Li Sheng, the former captain of the Jiannanya Military Academy, was dressed as a fisherman and stood on the bow of the boat in the wind.

In the cabin, Lei Wanchun hugged his arms and fell asleep; Liu Xiaoqu pointed to the itinerary, looking nervous; Nan Jiyun's eyes were blazing, staring vigilantly out of the cabin through the gap.

The river is surging, and the boat is as fast as an arrow. The splashing waves reminded Li Sheng of the Xi'er River outside Taihe City again. It's just that what is rushing in his chest is not the beautiful river full of pines and green as blue, but a bay of red blood stained red and floating corpses.

At the end of June, 100,000 troops marched south, and the leader of the army was Li Mi, the commander of the Jiannan soldiers. As a lieutenant of the Tooth Army, Li Sheng could have stayed in Yizhou, but he was worried about the level of training of the Jiannan Army

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) The war is not going well, and I took the initiative to ask Cui Yuan for help.

After obtaining permission, Li Sheng called Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and Liu Xiao, and led Zhenyuan to follow the army south, cross the Dadu River, and enter the border of Nanzhao.

The grass invades the old camp and the rattan base. The traces of the past wars have not faded, and new beacon smoke once again shrouds the land of southern Xinjiang.

The soldiers and horses made Li Mizhen guard Jiannan for many years, and he knew the geography of the mountains and rivers of Nanzhao well, and the marching array was also quite orderly, which made Li Sheng respectful; Li Mi liked Li Sheng very much, he was not arrogant or rash, and he led the troops well, and the two cherished each other and became more and more attached to each other.

All the way south, there was little resistance from the Nanzhao army, and the sporadic night attacks and plots were all seen through and resolved one by one by Li Mi and Li Shenghui. Tribes and villages along the route were deserted, and wells were filled with carcasses of domestic animals. However, Nanzhao has abundant rain and dense streams, and some tricks cannot stop the pace of the Jiannan army.

The originally nervous Jiannan sergeants gradually relaxed, and the expedition that should have been tense was as relaxed as Meng Chun.

Li Sheng......, who had followed Wang Zhonghei for many years, saw through Nanzhao's plan at a glance, and urgently persuaded Li Mi to set up camp in Chengcheng (now Yongsheng County, Lijiang City, Yunnan) in the north of the Moxu River (now the middle reaches of the Jinsha River), and mainly oppose the guests, forcing the Nanzhao army to go north.

"Two years ago, Deputy Envoy Cui defeated Nanzhao and Tubo, and he also used a step-by-step strategy. However, this time is different from the past, although the soldiers and horses of Jiannan were uneven, but the grain and grass were worry-free, and there were more Tongluo light horsemen who turned into the wind to help. Now with the Luo Department to return to Shuofang, Guanzhong flood and drought successively, our army is short of food and grass, only a quick battle, with Mount Tai to force Ge Luofeng to seek peace, in order to win in danger. Li Mi commanded the three armies, and his vision was even higher than Li Sheng: "A certain has a deep personal relationship with Ge Luofeng, and he knows that he is helpless to betray the Tang Dynasty. I have sent tooth soldiers to Taihe City with letter Pegasus, knowing it with reason, moving with emotion, and persuading it to give up resistance and return to the Tang Dynasty. I think that the saints and the princes of the court will also be happy to see the soldiers stop fighting and the southern edict will be obedient. ”

Li Sheng saw that Li Mi was confident and had already made arrangements, and no longer insisted on his own opinions. The army rested in Chengcheng for a few days, and after leaving the garrison soldiers and horses, they crossed the Mosome River and continued southward, and the troops went straight to Taihe City, the capital of Zhaoguo.

Cangshan pine green floating clouds, Erhai Lake breeze clear blue waves.

Three years ago, Jiannan Jiedu envoy Xian Yu Xiang Zeng Xing soldiers killed under Taihe City, but was attacked by Nanzhao and Tubo and returned defeated. Li Sheng immediately looked at the calm Xi'er River in the north of Taihe City, but what appeared in front of him was a young face that was engulfed by the flames of war.

"I don't want to exhaust China's strength and make a name for myself." Li Sheng sighed angrily: "Handsome, Ge Shuhan, Yang Guozhong, Xian Yuxiang and you are all villains!" A certain force is weak and sparse, and he can't stop Yang Guozhong from provoking a war, so the only thing he can do is to stop the beacon fire as soon as possible and avoid the destruction of lives. ”

To Li Sheng's delight, Ge Luofeng was either forced by the pressure of the army or persuaded by Li Mi's persuasion, so he took the initiative to send an envoy without waiting for the war, bowed his head and begged for peace, praying to return to the Tang Dynasty. The envoy of Nanzhao also brought a handwritten letter from Fengge Luofeng to Li Mi to show his sincerity.

It was Li Mi's long-cherished wish to restore the peace of the Tang Dynasty, and he was overjoyed that he naturally agreed to Ge Luofeng's request, agreeing to follow the Weishui alliance between Emperor Taizong and the Turkic Khan, and three days later met Ge Luofeng alone on the suspension bridge of the Xi'er River.

preciseness

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) the careful Li Sheng was not carried away by the joy, before the alliance, he personally led the Zhenyuan light cavalry to the suspension bridge to the north of the circle of more than ten miles to feel clearly, to confirm that the Southern Zhao army did not set up an ambush to rest assured.

On the day of the alliance, Ge Luofeng stood alone in the middle of the suspension bridge and waited, and Jiannan soldiers and horses made Li Mi ride a white horse and whip up the bridge alone. To the north of the wooden bridge, Li Sheng and Jiannan soldiers are eyeing each other; To the south of the wooden bridge, several palace ladies hold palm fans woven of peacock feathers, highlighting the majesty of the king of Nanzhao.

When Li Mi was about to arrive in the middle of the wooden bridge, he suddenly heard a strange creaking sound, the bridge plate was shattered, and the white horse's four hooves stepped into the air and fell violently. Ge Luofeng in the center of the bridge turned his head and ran away when he heard the sound.

"Hit the mark!" When the generals of Jiannan were at a loss, Li Sheng had already rushed to the bridge with a flying horse. Ignoring the imminent breakage of the suspension bridge, he jumped up from Qinghai Cheng and reached out in mid-air to grab Li Mi's wrist.

"Get your foot out of the stirrups." Li Sheng, whose face was flushed, had tense muscles all over his body, hooked his hands and feet, and dragged Li Mi with all his might.

The blue water is surging, and the white horse is wailing.

When the mount fell, Li Mi subconsciously made a posture of turning over and dismounting, but the accident came suddenly, which caught people off guard. Li Mi's right foot has been stirruped, but her left foot is still stuck. The weight of one person and one horse, even Li Sheng, who has extraordinary strength, can't bear it.

"Die!" When Li Mi struggled to withdraw his left foot, a masked palace lady suddenly appeared on the south bank of the bridge. Holding the frost blade, she passed by Ge Luofeng, and the arrow walked north, and before anyone arrived, several long needles shot out of her gloved left hand first.

"Nanhachi!" Li Sheng, who couldn't move, let out a tiger roar, and Diao Ling responded and shot at the palace maid of Nanzhao.

"Hmph, a little trick!" The palace maid swung her sword and knocked Nan Jiyun's feather arrow, stared at Li Mi, and was about to draw the needle to shoot again, but her feet staggered, and her standing was unstable.

"Shameless villain!" Lei Wanchun, who had a tiger's back and a bear's waist, strode onto the suspension bridge, and he shook the wooden bridge with great strength: "Brother, I'm here to help you!" ”

Arrows are like beads, and the moves kill you. But the palace maid of Nanzhao didn't care, she stepped forward, grabbed the rope of the suspension bridge with one hand, and stabbed Li Sheng, who couldn't dodge, with a sword.

"Brother, let go, the Li soldier is dead!" Lei Wanchun swung his sword and smashed it away.

"Li Bing and Horse ......" Li Sheng probed with difficulty, and found that Li Mi, who was in the throat, was blinded and angry.

"See blood seal your throat! Swing people? Li Sheng's eyes were red and he roared angrily. The white horse then took Li Mi's corpse and smashed through the water as bright as a mirror.

"Li Mi is dead! Li Mi is dead! On the south bank of the wooden bridge, the Nanzhao people shook the sky with joy: "Surrender quickly, Rao Er will not die!" ”

The Nanzhao soldiers and horses lurking on the south bank of the Xi'er River swarmed out and put on an offensive formation.

"Ge Luofeng is despicable and shameless, plotting against Li soldiers and horses, brothers, prepare for battle!" Li Sheng shouted loudly while swinging his knife at the palace maid. While Nan Jiyun, who was guarding the bridgehead, shouted with him, he signaled Liu Xiao to order all the generals to set up a formation to prepare for battle to prevent the army's morale from collapsing.

"But you poisoned and killed Wang Zhonghei?"

Li Sheng was furious, and his horizontal knife was extremely sharp. The palace maid danced the sword in vain and fought with him.

"How did Wang Zhongji die, what does it have to do with you?" The palace maid did not answer the rhetorical question.

"A certain vow to avenge the handsome!" Li Sheng gritted his teeth, and the knife wind was fierce.

(End of chapter)