In the north of the mountain in August, even though there is no heat elsewhere, the temperature during the day is still not low, but Shang Yuxi and the others, who witnessed the situation in front of them, are cold to their hearts.

On both sides of the Zang River, those river valleys with abundant water and grass have no pictures of herds of cattle and sheep, and some leveled barley fields are overgrown with weeds, how can there be any signs of a bumper harvest?

What surprised him even more was that the large and small tribes living along the river seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and they couldn't even see a single figure.

It wasn't until I passed through the settlements of the tribes that everything came to mind, not far from the riverbank, scattered with miscellaneous debris, tattered leather mattresses, broken carriages, wooden crawlers used to prepare the land, and herdsmen who had fallen to the ground.

As they walked along, the whole tribe slowly revealed, all the tents were overturned, the things inside were either scattered everywhere or plundered, the camp was a mess, and there were corpses everywhere, most of them adult men, and as for the others, Shang Jiexi did not need to think about it.

This is how they have dealt with others for hundreds of years, and now it has finally been used on their own body, Shang Jiexi jumped off his horse and stood in front of an already cold corpse, it was a long-bearded old man, with a pair of withered eyes, looking in the direction of the sky, as if asking him.

Why didn't the gods protect their people?

"The old man died less than two days ago." His own soldier stepped forward and touched it, shaking his head.

"Drag it to a high place and bury it."

Shang Jiexi looked around, and only felt shuddering, this kind of practice could not be done by the Tang people who claimed to be the Heavenly Empire, they acted in strict manners, and the slaughter of civilians was strictly forbidden, but it did not prevent others from doing so.

Who could it be? The Nebras, still the Zhang-Chihung, was only five days away from the city of Rachi, and they had gone so far that Shang Jiexi suddenly remembered the admonition of Zanmon's before leaving.

"In any case, we must let the Tang people stop, otherwise even if we wait for Zha Lugong to return to the division, it will be too late."

Everything in front of him told him that the matter may be more urgent than imagined, and it cannot be delayed for a moment, and the disappearance of each tribe means that the national strength is exhausted.

"Don't worry about it, get on the horse, speed up, and be sure to arrive at Gongtang City as soon as possible."

Thinking of this, Shang Jiexi didn't care about burying these dead people, and hurriedly ordered, behind him, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses that had been assembled with great difficulty, and almost all the defense forces of Luo Qi City were withdrawn.

Under his leadership, like a rolling black stream, it traveled up the river, passing through those large and small tribes that had been wiped out, and kept heading towards the so-called Line of Actual Control (LAC) formulated by the Tang people, Gongtang City.

"Yo-hoo!"

There were bursts of shouting and shouting under the mountain, for Xu Guangjing, who couldn't understand the Ka language, he just watched a lively, such a lively scene was performed almost every day, and it was not uncommon to see too much, and they would hand over the looted people, property, and livestock, so busy that a few literate sergeants in the army complained bitterly.

It is no wonder that no one who counts the cattle, sheep, horses, women and children, gold and silver utensils that he does not know whether they are worth anything every day has to be registered, and the number is too large to count, where is there any good mood.

Today's Gongtang city is full of people, and every day there is a steady stream of people sent to the rear, not through the city of Bazarda in Zhangxiong, but across the high snow-capped mountains of the western border of Nibhara.

The grassland under the mountain is full of cattle, sheep and horses, because there are too many of them, they have to be scattered everywhere, for the Tang army, these livestock are barely usable except for healthy horses, and everything else is only sent into the belly, especially the kind of long-haired plateau specialty yak.

It is the place where the Ka people carnival, they will slaughter cattle and sheep every day, raise a huge fire, drink the barley wine and mare's milk wine snatched from the Tubo people, hug the Tubo women who are not looked down upon by the Tang people, indulge in singing, swaying happily, and wait until the next day, they will roar out energetically and go to a farther place to sweep.

Suddenly, Xu Guangjing missed the city of Kabiyero a little, the woman with charming eyes like silk, which made him feel hot all over, even more than drinking strong wine in winter.

"What are you doing with this mallet?" Hearing the old man's voice, he quickly turned his head and wiped a handful of saliva from his mouth.

"Nothing."

"Hugh concealed, if it weren't for the fact that he was out of his mind, he would have come so close, would you still not be able to notice it?"

Zhang Wuxian unceremoniously pierced his face, and Xu Guangjing smiled "hehe".

"It's okay to be left and right, seeing the sky-high price and watching them noisy, just guarding this broken city, what's the point?"

Zhang Wuxuan glanced at him: "The commander wants us to do this, naturally he has his reasons, as far as you talk a lot, this place is the hinterland of the Tubo people, and we only have this idea." ”

"Aren't they still there?"

"Those people have done a lot of work, burning, killing, looting and making peace, if they really want to see the battle, they have to be our old brothers, but unfortunately, they are almost dead." Zhang Wuxuan sighed with emotion.

"According to a certain person, this battle is worth it, look at our harvest, as long as we can go back alive, what kind of fields and houses, Lao Xu still wants to marry a few more mothers-in-law and give birth to a bunch of sons to him, and he will be content in this life."

Zhang Wuyuan nodded: "Who doesn't think like this, even if the dead brother will spare a share, he will sell his life for a good price, and he will not come to this world in vain." ”

"So Lao Xu, we have to make our moves brighter, don't come over with big winds and waves, and capsize in this small ditch."

"Don't worry, even if Lao Xu is asleep, this eye is open, if there is any movement, don't think about escaping, besides, isn't the pre-Langjun still outside, their cavalry is faster than us."

Zhang Wuxuan was about to remind him again, when he suddenly saw the scene outside the city, and suddenly stopped his voice.

Xu Guangjing looked back in surprise, and said in amazement: "Don't talk about people in the daytime, this is really true, why did Lang Jun return to the city so early." ”

Both of them felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly went down to the city, and when they arrived at the city gate, they happened to receive Yang Yu coming in.

"What a big deal, to be in such a hurry." The two stepped forward, and Yang jumped off the horse and gasped for breath.

"Damn, the Tubo people are mobilized, at least 20,000 people came, all the way, without breaking, don't you care?"

"Ah, how long do we have left?" The two of them suddenly became nervous.

"According to this run, it will arrive tomorrow morning and noon at most."

Yang Yu looked at the sky and muttered: "Let Kang Laosi bring those Ka people back, standing at the head of the city, you can also bluff people." ”

"And these livestock, even if they are driven into the mountains, they are better than cheaper ones."

Zhang Wuyuan and Xu Guangjing were somewhat relieved when they heard that it would only arrive tomorrow, they had been idle here for so long, they had long wanted to move, although the number of enemies was a bit bluffing, but they were still confident in defending the city.

The two of them acted separately at the moment, and went to the city and outside the city to arrange respectively, Yang Yu was right, no matter what, they couldn't cheapen the Tubo people.