Chapter 285: Twists and Turns

The sudden news was full of surprises.

Tang Cheng suddenly startled, "Who is it?" ”。

"Xi cavalry, but because they don't hold the flag, they don't know where they come from?"

Tang Cheng followed up and asked again, "From which direction?" ”。

"Straight ahead, when the news came back, the scouts led by Captain Chen had already lost two people, and Captain Chen asked the adults to make a decision quickly."

Tang Chengzha camp is in the Domo grassland, and the other four of the five Rao Le tribes are fighting desperately on the grasslands on both sides, even if they want to come, they will come from the two wings, and will not waste horsepower in a circle to the front and then rush over, so that the cavalry in front of him can only be from the Duomo tribe, and the patriarchs of the three clans of the four tribes of the Duomo tribe are inside and outside the tent, the situation has been very clear, Tang Cheng's eyes just slipped to Duo Mo Dong, and Duo Mo Zhong next to him has already preemptively said the name of "Duo Mo Gao".

Looking at Domozhong in the tent, Domodong and Domoshou all changed their "color", Tang Chengzhen hated and relieved at the same time, he had already solved Domogao as soon as possible, since Domoqi had greeted them, they should also know that these people hesitated and hesitated, and after all, it caused today's change.

No wonder they were unable to fight with Domogao for the position of the patriarch of the tribe before, they were indecisive in case of trouble, and they didn't even have the least eyesight, but they just drank more wine every day and played with a few more women, and they really believed that the wolf-like Domogao was really depressed, ridiculous!

Swallow the sins he has made, tonight Duo Mo Gao watched Kong Dang stage such a good show, since he can rush out of the supervision of the three tribes of Duo Mo Dong, the other people may not be able to say, nine out of ten of the relatives of the three people of Duo Mo Zhong are afraid that they will not survive, these people are the best tools for the wolf to vent his anger.

This should be the real reason for the sudden change in the face of Duo Modong and others, a bunch of waste!

Tang Cheng was in Longmen County through the Xi people to make a counter-battle, although the enemy outside the time of the two pillars of incense was fierce, it was not enough to make him 'chaotic', he turned these thoughts in his heart, and he had already ordered: "Tu Ye heir, immediately send someone to cross the river to inform Jia Duwei and the Tu Ye patriarch, and concentrate the archers to prepare to meet the enemy according to the river." After the message is delivered, you immediately organize everyone to retreat."

Tu Yesi said yes and walked out of the tent quickly, Tang Cheng glanced at Duo Modong and the three of them and said coldly: "The tiger is in trouble, what should the three of you do now don't need me to say again", as soon as he finished speaking, he should walk out of the tent first.

When he opened the tabernacle, the panicked Domodong and the three came back to their senses, and after glancing at each other with pale faces, they swarmed out.

After leaving the tent, Tang Cheng waved his hand to the two sergeants who were guarding Domoqi, "You two quickly take him across the pontoon bridge and withdraw to the Tiancheng army camp, remember, be sure to ensure his safety", after the order, he ignored the shouting of Duo Moshou who came out of the tent, and returned to his leather tent without stopping.

After a while, Tang Cheng's small camp suddenly became boiling and busy, and all kinds of "color" people were busy but not "chaotic", and they hurried to retreat to the Longmen grassland on the other side of the boundary river after passing the pontoon bridge.

Before stepping on the pontoon bridge, Tang Cheng's last order was to burn the tents and other things that could not be taken away on the spot, more than a dozen sergeants started together, the fire started very quickly, and when the cavalry of Duo Mogao in the far side of the grassland faintly appeared, they were greeted only by a piece of fireworks.

On the Longmen grassland on this side of the pontoon bridge, Jia Zixing was standing by the Jiehe River to watch the military situation, and Tu Yezhuo was standing not far from him, dressed in neat armor. Beside the two of them and behind them, many leaders and captains were shouting and mobilizing the sergeants and clansmen, and when Tang Cheng walked across the pontoon bridge, except for a gap left at the head of the bridge that could accommodate a carriage to pass through, the three layers of the boundary river were lined up with archers with strong bows.

Seeing Tang Cheng coming, Jia Zixing gave up his hope and came up and said with a smile: "That camp is within the range of my archers' shooting, Duomogao may not dare to rush the camp directly, where to stay is nine times out of ten you can keep it, you will burn it as soon as you give the order, half of the more than ten tents are weapons, this loss is not easy to report to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, it is a matter of trouble."

"Please go to the rear to settle down, and you will protect the prince closely", Tang Cheng ordered the sergeant to take Li Chengzhong down, then turned to look at Jia Zixing, "Duo Mogao is a crazy wolf, and he can't be dealt with with common sense." Don't think that I don't know your means of falsely reporting military expenses if I haven't been in the army, what is the value of a few tents in the daily wear and tear of weapons, and it is worth saying? ”。

When Jia Zixing laughed out loud when he heard this, Tu Yezhuo, who had finished settling his clan army, also walked over, "This Duo Mogao is really crazy, just two thousand people dare to come to Lord Sima's camp?" ”。

"This guy is not rushing at me", for a period of time just now, Tang Cheng has been guessing Duomogao's thoughts, "He is here for several patriarchs of the Duomo Clan." ”

Seeing that the two of them were puzzled, Tang Cheng explained with a smile: "Three of the four clans of the Duomo tribe were in my account just now, before Duomo Gao occupied the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and wanted to take the chestnut in the fire, but the result was that stealing chickens and rice was not lost, and the tribal army was defeated and greatly damaged, and it also offended the two tribes of Yusuo and Shali, and now not only the people in the clan are ready to move and want his "life", but he also wants to escape and has nowhere to go, it is the time of desperation, if he doesn't do it, sooner or later he will die, and now he is looking at the opportunity to fight to the death, If all three patriarchs can be slaughtered, there will be at least a chance to regain control of the clan. Although the losses in front of the Duomo Department were large, there were still cavalry of 10,000 people, and with these more than 10,000 bows and knives and the cattle, sheep and livestock in the clan that did not suffer any losses, in the future, no matter who came in first, he would have the capital to negotiate conditions. Even if it doesn't work, a life can always be saved."

"What Lord Sima said is reasonable, although Shali and Yu Suo do not invade each other now, but sooner or later there will be a battle, if they are afraid of the opponent, then everyone is willing to preserve their strength, if Domogao can really regain control of the clan, this idea will work nine times out of ten."

"What Duo Mogao wants is to take advantage of the situation where Sha Li and Yu Suo are competing for each other", Tang Cheng looked at the soldiers who were getting closer and closer on the opposite side and said shallowly: "Seeking survival in death, being able to endure and be ruthless, this Duo Mogao is indeed a character."

Seeing that the cavalry forwards on the other side of the river were getting closer and closer, faintly within the range of the archers, Jia Zixing and Tu Yezhuo ordered at the same time: "Raise the bow."

At the sound of an order, the archers who spread out five layers in front and behind the boundary river at the same time set up bows and arrows, and thousands of arrows with cold light and glittered raised their fingers in the air, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

After the order was given, Jia Zixing followed up and asked, "Where are the patriarchs of the Duomo Tribe, where are you placed?" ”。

"Let them go back".

"Let them go back?" , it was Tu Yezhuo who spoke, "Duo Mogao decided to die, he must be desperate to take the lives of those three people, how can he let them go back at this time."

"First, these three people are worried about their families and tribes, and they are like arrows, and they can't keep even if they stay; Second, if they don't go back, what will I, who only have two teams of protectors, take to Pingdo Mogao? Speaking of this, Tang Cheng's faint voice was a little cold, "Third, if it weren't for these hesitations, the two ends of the first rat, Domogao would have already fallen to the ground, and would still be making such a disturbance today?" If a bunch of rubbish can't even do it again, they're going to die."

Jia Zixing has also been dating Tang Cheng for a while, and he knows that although he looks casual now, he is obviously very annoyed to be able to say such things, and he smiled at the moment: "Why is Master Sima a bare pole?" As long as you give an order, Tiancheng Army is willing to serve, otherwise, brother, I will personally lead people to rush over, so as to get back the head of Domogao for you."

When Jia Zixing said this with a smile, his eyes glanced at Tu Yezhuo intentionally or unintentionally.

"Short-lived fighting man", seeing him like this, Tu Yezhuo secretly scolded in his heart, Jia Zixing moved, that is, the Tang Dynasty border army was officially dispatched to interfere in Raole's affairs, not to mention how much impact this unexpected variable would have on the grassland, just contrary to the edict of the imperial court "as one in the sea", Tang Cheng, who acted calmly, would not let him go. This guy said beautiful things with his mouth crossed, and the purpose was clearly that the drunkard did not mean to drink, and used words to squeeze himself.

It's just that the interests of Longmen Xi and Tang Cheng are too great, and now that he is "forced" to this, he can't help but speak against his will, "Jia Duwei is trying to live the fastest, can Tiancheng Army really act without permission?" If Lord Sima can see the combat strength of the headquarters, I will personally take someone away", although he said generously, the light smile on Tu Yezhuo's face was really bitter, and he couldn't wait to bite off a piece of Jia Zixing's flesh.

"There will definitely be a time to borrow the two of them, but not now", Tang Cheng didn't see the intrigue between the two, turned around and ordered the guards behind him: "Go, bring Domoqi to me."

At this moment, the Domogao cavalry on the other side of the river also had an abnormality, and the men and horses stopped when they rushed to the edge of the archer's "shooting".

"What do you mean by Domogao?" After muttering, Jia Zixing said to the herald junior colonel standing behind him: "Go, send someone to the lookout to see how many people are on the other side?" ”。

A moment later, someone came to report that there were at most more than 1,000 people from the Domo Gao Department gathered on the opposite bank, and Rao was like this, and after that, the army continued to send out small teams to scout on both sides.

Hearing this news, Tang Cheng finally laughed out loud, "There are only one thousand of the two thousand people left, needless to say that the other thousand people must be scattered halfway to intercept Duo Modong and the others." Seeing that it is still adding more people to investigate, it means that at least one of the three people in Domodon has not been caught. In this flat grassland, he can still hide from Duo Mogao's interception and detection, no matter how stupid this person is, at least he is really good at escaping."

These words made Jia Zixing and both of them laugh, and Tu Yezhuo said while laughing: "It's a good thing to escape, if these three people are dead, the matter of Duomobu will really be difficult to handle."

"The patriarch underestimated me, the matter is big, so I can't leave a second hand", Tang Cheng turned sideways and looked at Domoqi who was escorted in by the sergeant and said with a smile: "The previous defeat and today's move, in addition to these irons, Domogao has lost the hearts of the clansmen, even if those three people are dead, as long as I still hold the banner of Domoqi in my hand, he will not want to suppress Domochi purely by force."

Looking at Domoqi, who had already approached, Tu Yezhuo smiled dryly and said, "Lord Sima is so calculating."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng just smiled, "Loosen the tie for Patriarch Duomo."

Domoqi, who had been tied up for a long time, finally regained his freedom, and the fanatical Mu Tang man couldn't help but sigh with relief when he was released, but the eyes that looked at Tang Cheng were still stubborn, and there was a little bit of shame and resentment.

Tang Cheng directly ignored his eyes, pointed to the other side of the river and said: "I'm afraid Patriarch Duomo doesn't know yet, the opposite side is the cavalry army led by Duomo Gao, he can run here from the joint surveillance of the three clans of you and others, so there is no need to say more." The patriarch Zhicheng gentleman can treat people as brothers, but this brother of Duo Mogao regards you as an enemy, and he will want to kill him quickly. Not to mention, because of your temporary stubbornness, Domone's "chaos" has recurred, and this time I don't know how many people in the clan will be killed in vain, and they could have been immortal, this is all your fault! ”。

Domoqi's face instantly turned pale like Domodong and the others at the beginning, and he muttered like a self-comforting voice: "Regard the king as loyal, regard the brother as respectful, this Confucius and Mencius taught the first sage, I am not wrong!" ”。

"The Teachings of the Saints are not wrong, but you are very wrong to read the Teachings of the Ancestors into the horns of the ox. Mencius also once said, 'You can do things in a hurry', why don't you remember this? Gong killed thousands of people alone, cherished small righteousness and harmed great righteousness, Duo Mogao stood in front of you like a wolf and a tiger, are you right? Under Tang Cheng's serpent-like words, Domoqi finally stopped.

After Tu Yezhuo and Jia Zixing, who were standing next to them, heard the conversation between the two, they looked at Domoqi with a strange expression, and Xi Ren, who claimed to be the descendant of the wolf god, could give birth to such a living treasure as Domoqi, which was really unusual.

Since there was no movement on Domogao's side, Jia Zixing and the others ordered their subordinates to withdraw their bows, and the sergeants kept holding the bows to keep them in a state of battle, which was very tiring. After looking at each other for a while and not seeing any movement from the other party, Tang Cheng didn't want to stand by the river and eat the wind, so he asked the two of them to go to the big tent behind.

Before the person arrived, he saw two Xi people wearing brocade suddenly rushing out next to him and stopped in front of Tang Cheng, and when the guards who followed saw this, there was a sound of drawing a knife.

"These two are distinguished guests from Tuxian and Pingcuo, don't be rude", for the two people who suddenly came out, Tang Cheng was not only not annoyed at all, but smiled politely.

Tu Xian and Phuntsok are now being chased and beaten by Sha Li and Yu Suo, although the two are struggling to resist, but one is not as good as the combat power, and then the lack of weapons, the situation of this support is precarious, seeing that the entire tribe has reached the edge of life and death, the responsibility of these two envoys running to see Tang Cheng is really great.

After the pitiful two people broke up their bones and ran over in a hurry, Tang Cheng had never seen them once, but although he hadn't seen them, the good wine, good meat, and good hospitality hadn't fallen at all.

This is more than ten days, and the two of them are about to ignite themselves with the urgency in their hearts, but they are helpless to see that no one is in a hurry, and it is in vain, and now it is easy to seize the opportunity to meet Tang Cheng face to face, and what do you have to worry about.

The two of them were too anxious at the time, and they had completely lost their aristocratic demeanor, and their mouths were full of sorrow and tears, and their tones were hoarse and bleak, even if they were carved in stone, they couldn't bear it.

Tang Cheng is not a stone man, he is an iron man! Although the two of them were comforted by the gentle words in their mouths, they also said a lot of words, but these words were all nonsense that was useless to solve the dilemma of Tuxian and Phuntso, and basically said that they were not the same as if they were not talking.

The two envoys were really "forced" too ruthlessly, and in the end, they insisted that Tang Cheng was the Sima of the Raole Governor's Mansion, and as a parent official sent to the grassland by the Heavenly Khan, he could not watch his people being slaughtered and ignore it.

When he finally heard this, Tang Cheng's eyes lit up suddenly, but his tone still didn't loosen at all, and after a lot of more and more warm comfort, he barely got out of the tearing of the two messengers with the help of the guards.

Jia Zixing looked at the scene in front of him with interest, the happiness on his face was about to laugh, since he joined the border army after beating him fifteen percent of Ding, this is the first time in decades that he has seen the upper nobility of the tribe in Xi Manzi so grovel to the Tang people, looking at this posture, as long as Tang Cheng loosens his mouth a little, I am afraid that these two Xi Manzi will be willing to call their father. Although the object of their prayer is not themselves, but as a Tang person, the comfort and happiness in their hearts are not bad.

After Tang Cheng finished cooking the two "kraft candy", Jia Zixing occasionally raised his eyes, and saw that all the Tang sergeants around him looked like flowers, and the excitement on his body was not to mention.

In a good mood, Jia Zixing couldn't help but joke: "Brother Tang, your heart is too hard, these two people are also nobles among the Xi people, and now they even wipe their faces and beg you to do this, even if the old brother refuses to break the contract and cut off the supply of weapons to the Yusuo Department, he is not willing to use this as a threat to force Yusuo to withdraw - in fact, as long as Yusuo retreats, Shali, who has been staring at it, will have to retreat, and the predicament of Tuduo and Phuntsok will be solved-then you can also give them some weapons, not to mention more or less, These two can still be in vain, I didn't listen to them, as long as you give, the market price will be increased by 30%! Don't look at how badly they were beaten, the cow and sheep hides in their hands are indispensable, and they can still rely on your account? Don't blame my brother for not reminding you, if you really rush them, these two "sex" waist knives will drop each other on the spot, it will be really a chicken and egg fight."

"Tuduo and Phuntsok are really going to fall, can the two tribes of Yusuo and Shali be like our Central Plains, and build a palace for the leaders of the two tribes to live in the capital? There is no such treatment in this place, defeat is annexation, surrender is also annexation, the tribal leader on the grassland is not only the leader of the people, but also the master of the people, the relationship between master and slave is too tight and too heavy, no matter how the winning side annexes, the old master of the defeated tribe and the entire direct blood clan must be slaughtered to prevent future troubles. Since surrender is death, and war is death, then why is it necessary to surrender? After all, Tang Cheng has been here for so long, and he really doesn't worry about Jia Zixing's words.

After waving his hand and signaling the guards and others who followed the three to retreat far away, Tang Chengcai continued: "Lord Duwei, don't worry, whether it is Tuduo or Phuntsok, I have sent someone to keep an eye on it, according to the current situation, although they were beaten badly, it is no problem to hold on for another ten days and half a month."

Jia Zixing vaguely knew about Tang Cheng's overall plan, "Then when will you make a move?" ”。

"I won't say anything if I can't reach Shali, as for Yu Suo, they have always reaped enough benefits, and the strength of the opponent Tuduobu is almost relieved by it, so I can make a move to stop Yu Suo, and then successfully take these two remnants into my hands", Tang Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly as he said: "In terms of timing this matter, it is not important to grasp it, tired!" The current Tuduobu is at least forty percent of its combat strength, if I make a rash move now, what will Yu Suoping think of me? Even if I can coerce him to stop with the supply of weapons, but the appearance of "dew" is so ugly, the vigilant Yu Suoping may be able to make another good show in front of the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion, and the Shali coalition army will come directly to me, so I can only be hasty and patient in this matter."

"Since you have thought of everything, then I will be relieved brother", the three of them walked into Jia Zixing's big tent as they spoke.

After that, it was not too long after that, and this strange calm situation was maintained on both sides of the Boundary River, and Domogao neither stepped forward nor withdrew, and he did not know what this guy wanted to do.

When the sergeant on the lookout came down to report that a group of nearly 10,000 cavalry was rushing towards Domogao in the distance, Domogao, who had been frozen on the other side of the river, finally moved.

"What, Domogao sent someone to ask for surrender?" , Hearing the captain's report, Tang Cheng, who had become more and more calm over the years, couldn't help but stand up from his seat suddenly.

"Yes, after Domogao sent a messenger, he immediately went up to the pontoon bridge with a copper drum, and asked Lord Commander to make a decision if he was allowed to come over or not."

After confirming the news, Tang Cheng sat down again and let out a sigh of relief, after all, he still underestimated Duo Mogao. Dare to love this guy who came out of the nest and led the troops all the way to rush here, and he never advanced or retreated, and he had already prepared the plan for this step in front of him.

With 2,000 people, if you can successfully solve the problem of Domoqi and other patriarchs of the three clans, then take advantage of the opportunity of the opposition forces in the clan to have no leader and then seek the right to control; If you miss and have to face the encirclement and suppression army gathered by the fleeing people, you will surrender directly to the Tang army that is close at hand.

When Tang Cheng was thinking about it, he listened to the corner of Jia Zixing's mouth next to him with a toothache, "Since the Khitan people who fought the Shenlong Dynasty in the north to conquer the Song Desert after the martial arts, there has never been a dazzling thing in the border army of the country to accept more than 2,000 Hu people to defect, not to mention that this Duomogao also comes with the identity of the tribal patriarch, *** This hand is really exciting to play."