Gu looked at the snow in front of him, and he didn't say it safely! "Hurry up, I'm about to arrive at Yumen Ala Chuan, as soon as I get out of Yumen Pass, it will be my fiefdom!"

Su Dingfang followed behind his horse and said: "Master Hou, the end will come here before, and you can see the mountain if you go further, there is a big river between the mountain road, called Beilu River, Yumen Pass is built on the side of the river, and there are more than 100 beacon towers along the river. ”

He used a horsewhip to guide the face and said: "Now our position is not very good, twenty miles to the southwest is Guazhou, and fifty miles to the northwest is the Hulu River." Shall we go to Guazhou today to rest, or spend the night in the snow, and then go to Yumen Pass tomorrow? ”

Wang Ping'an looked south, but there was no city, the winter sky was a little gray, the visibility was not high, he said: "We are going to Guazhou, I am afraid that the history of thorns there will complain again, I have listened to all the complaints along the way, and I don't want to listen to it anymore." It's better to spend the night in the snow, anyway, fifty miles, and you can get there tomorrow. ”

Su Dingfang said: "Fifty miles is the distance to the Hulu River, not to Yumen Pass." The Five Small Gates Pass was built at the key pass of the mountain pass, and there were still twenty miles away, and the road was difficult to walk, at least the day after tomorrow to arrive. ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, the location of the Yumen Pass in the Tang Dynasty is different from the modern one, of course, the modern one does not know what the specific location is, but since it is an important pass, there must be a dangerous terrain around it, and the road is difficult to walk, there is no doubt about this.

After thinking about it, he said: "Forget it, let's deal with it in the snow for a night, and there is no hurry." ”

Su Dingyi stopped talking, gave the order to go down, and hurried for a while, and was still camping in the snow today.

The Turks have traveled thousands of miles all the way, and if they want to say they are tired, they are only tired, but as long as there is hope, no matter how hard and tired they are, they can support it. Therefore, no matter how tired they are, no one complains, regardless of whether they are old or weak. They are all desperately struggling to move forward.

The road in the snow is difficult, about less than twenty miles, the sky has turned dark, Wang Ping'an ordered to set up camp, the Turks set up tents, looking for branches and dry firewood, raise the fire to cook porridge, they are reluctant to kill the horses, and the cattle and sheep have long been eaten, can only drink porridge every day, as long as a pot of porridge is added a pinch of salt, for them, it is the supreme delicacy!

The Turks sat around the fire, drinking gruel, and between the words, they were talking about the good days in the future, and everything would be safe when they arrived in Zheliu County, and they would wait for Ping'an Khan to buy some cattle and sheep next year and graze them for everyone. Then everyone will no longer have to go hungry, and in the fiefdom of Ping An Khan. You can live with peace of mind, and no one will come to the fiefdom of Ping An Khan, drive them away!

These days, everyone has to talk about this topic before going to bed, as if they can't sleep at night if they don't talk about it.

Wang Ping'an sat in the tent, and there was also a bowl of porridge in front of him, but it was filled with dried meat, but he didn't drink the porridge, but looked at the map, Qiu Renjie and Su Dingfang, accompanied by him, snoring and drinking the porridge.

Putting down the map, Wang Ping'an frowned and said: "Judging from the map, Shazhou is very close to Yumen Pass, and my fiefdom of Zheliu County is between the two places, logically speaking, there can't be so many robbers!" ”

Qiu Renjie put down the bowl and said: "This little brother has some understanding, and he found some books to read before coming, and the books said that Zheliu County was a good place in the past, and it was on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty. It's quite prosperous, but because it's so prosperous, there must be a battle here when there is a war. ”

Wang Ping'an hummed and said: "Look at the location, it is indeed a place where soldiers must fight, as long as you have a firm foothold here, you can fight Shazhou and Yumen Pass." ”

Su Dingfang drank the porridge to the fullest, smashed his mouth, and said, "I fought endlessly in the former Sui period." Later, we came to the Tang Dynasty, King Gaochang came to the dynasty. said that he wanted to be a minister, but as soon as he returned to Gaochang, he hooked up with the Turks again, and also called himself a minister to the Turks, how could a good girl marry a second husband, of course the emperor refused, so he sent troops to destroy Gaochang. ”

Wang Ping'an said: "You led the troops to destroy?" ”

Su Dingfang hurriedly shook his head and said, "That's not it, it was Hou Junji who led the troops to destroy." At that time, he was still majestic, if he had been his general honestly. Wouldn't it be unfair to Hou Wandai, who would have thought that he would rebel later. ”

Qiu Renjie was not interested in Hou Junji's past, he said: "After Gaochang was destroyed, many people fled to Zheliu County, and those who had no food or drink naturally had to rely on robbery to make a living, and it was okay at first. Robbed a lot of things, but then the people of Zheliu organized and defeated the Gaochang bandits, and showed their treasures, tasted the sweetness, and now it is better to be a robber than to farm, so why don't you continue to do this business, and it is getting bigger and bigger, so that the people in the Western Regions are afraid of them! ”

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, you see it from the book, and Brother Su is from what others say, it is not necessarily the truth, there are peaceful days, but no one will be willing to put their heads on the belt of their pants to be robbers, even if they can live a richer life, it is not necessarily that the people of the whole county will be robbers." ”

Su Dingfang said with a smile: "Master Hou, it's not that it's all right, but the people there, you can't tell who is a robber." Who is good, and the county order to die one by one, unable to collect taxes, the army keeps suppressing, the more suppressed, the bigger the rebellion, so that the officials of Yumen Pass and Shazhou, no one wants to pay attention to here, and after a long time, it will become a den of robbers! ”

Qiu Renjie said: "Big brother, don't worry, even if Zheliu County is in chaos, we can handle it, how can tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers defeat those robbers." ”

Su Dingfang snorted and said, "That's not necessarily, you don't know how to use soldiers, if you can win against these robbers by relying on more people, then there are fewer guards at Yumen Pass?" There are still fewer soldiers in Shazhou? It's not that you can win if you want to win, you have to fight before you win, and you can't find anyone before you fight, do you know who the people there are robbers? You can't kill them all! ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "Forget it." Stop it. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat is naturally straight to the bridge, so don't think about it now, and talk about it then. ”

One night passed like this, and the next day before dawn the Turks all got up. Packing up the tent, they were in a hurry to go to the willows, and no one could sleep anymore.

Wang Ping'an also got up, he didn't freshen up, he didn't have the conditions to take care of his appearance after a few days, he was already a little unkempt, but he was getting more and more energetic. And it gradually has the majesty of the superior, which is very different from when he was in Chang'an.

The two little girls simply got some food and sent it to Wang Ping'an, these days, Ding Danruo and Ke Lianwu are also a lot haggard, they haven't taken a bath for many days, and they are wearing Turkic leather clothes, almost the same as Turkic girls.

Wang Ping'an looked at the two of them and said, "This day has been over." When you get to the fiefdom, you can cut it and you will have your feet in peace※

The two little girls said that they were not hard, but that the young master was really hard these days. Wang Ping'an didn't comfort them, but they comforted Wang Ping'an.

Pack your luggage and go on the road again, this section of the road is more difficult to walk, it is not too flat, and the large group of people is marching, even if you are in a hurry. They did not arrive before dark, but when the moon was on the branches, they came to the Hulu River.

The Hulu River is the modern Shule River, with a history of thousands of years, and has been diverted, so the geographical location is different from the modern one. When Master Xuan Wan traveled west, he had been to this river, and said that the river was wide and narrow, and the cave waves were very urgent, and it was impossible to cross. After being impassable, he cut down wood for bridges, filled with linen and sand, and drove horses across, so sometimes the things in the book are really not credible and inconsistent!

Wang Ping'an led the team to the river, and saw that the river had long been frozen, and the black shadows on the other side of the river seemed to have countless beacon towers, and there were long side walls, but the side walls were low, presumably the guards here did not care about guarding the city walls, but were good at field warfare, and were offensive troops!

Su Dingfang urged the horse to come to him and said, "Master Hou, do you want to camp on this side of the river, or cross the river to camp?" ”

Wang Ping'an looked at the countless beacon towers on the other side and asked, "Can you cross this side wall tonight?" I wanted to spend the night on the other side of the wall. ”

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy." There are so many of us, we have to go through the city gate to cross this border wall. No matter how fast it is, it will take half a day. It's dark now. ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Yes, even if it passes, it will be the second half of the night, the mess is not good, and if you set up camp again, before you can set up a good position, the sky will be bright." ”

He got off his horse and said, "Camp here, and don't cross the river." ”

Su Dingfang gave the order, and the Turks followed the river. Camped. Su Dingfang sent someone over again to inform the guards on the side wall and ask their general to come over to see Wang Ping'an.

After a while, the guard of the side wall came, a school captain, in charge of a dozen or so beacon towers around. The lieutenant saluted Wang Ping'an and called himself an officer of the Twelve Beacons of the River.

Wang Ping'an saw that this man was in his thirties, with rough skin, big hands and feet, and was very strong, but his face was sad, as if someone owed him a large amount of money.

Because tomorrow he was going to pass through this person's pass, Wang Ping'an was afraid that the Linhe captain would drag on and delay his own affairs, so he ordered someone to give the Linhe captain a bag of golden melon seeds.

I thought that this Linhe captain took the golden melon seeds, and the expression on his face would look better, but he didn't know that it would be better if he didn't take it. As soon as the golden melon seeds fell into the bag, the expression on the face of the captain of Linhe became even more bitter, much more bitter than owing money, and it was a bit like a funeral.

Everyone accompanied Wang Ping'an to the river and looked at the frozen river.

Wang Ping'an said: "This general, could it be that you have something on your mind, why are you full of sorrow?" ”

Captain Linhe hurriedly said: "The prince and the prince have misunderstood, the last general was born like this, not because he had any sorrow in his heart. As soon as you come, the prince and the prince will be happy in his heart, and you will reward you with money. Isn't the last general even happier, the happier the last general, the more his face looks, "That's it!" As he spoke, he pointed to his face, still distressed.

Wang Ping'an sighed, it turned out that he was born to look like this. He pointed to the surface of the river and said, "This river is frozen and sincere, I have more than 100,000 people, and it should not be dangerous to cross the river, can you be sure of this?" ”

Captain Linhe snorted, shook his head, and said, "The last general can't be sure about this. Lord Wang Mingjian, you see that this river is frozen sincerely, in fact, there is water underneath. We are guarding here, sometimes if we want to eat fish, we will break the ice and catch fish, and sometimes we can catch dozens of catties in a net! ”

He pointed to a narrower place in the Hulu River and said, "A few years ago, a large army passed by. I remember that it was 20,000 ironclad cavalry, and I crossed the river from there, and when I was halfway there, the ice collapsed, and hundreds of soldiers fell, and eight died, and I will remember this very well! ”

Wang Ping'an was silent for a long time, then turned back to Su Dingfang and said, "Fortunately, I didn't cross the river at night, if the ice really collapsed, it would not be easy to save people." ”

Su Dingfang smiled: "No." Hou Ye was too worried. The cavalry crossed the river, unlike us who crossed the river, the war horses stepped on the ice with a bang, and it was difficult not to collapse. But those of us who are procrastinating, although there are many people, but as long as we don't get on the ice together, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Qiu Renjie said: Be careful, our old and young people are really going to fall into the ice water, even if they are rescued, I am afraid that they will live! ”

Wang Ping'an snorted and said: Be careful! He patted Captain Linhe on the shoulder, and said warmly: "Tomorrow we have to cross this side wall, and then we have to ask you to take care of it and help more, we have to walk too far to procrastinate." By the way, how many soldiers do you have? ”

Captain Linhe said: "Eleven people from one peak fire platform. The last will be in charge of twelve, and I have a gate with it. So there were more people, thirty-one. ”

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "Guarding the border pass, I have worked hard for you." Come, take 200 and bring them to the city gate, which is a little money I have given to the brothers, and drink some wine when it is cold, so that the brothers can warm their bodies. I'll let you do it for you. The last sentence was said by Captain Chong Linhe.

The captain of Linhe is overjoyed, this prince is really generous enough, the reward of gold melon seeds is not counted, and there is also a cash reward. He thanked him repeatedly. Wang Ping'an's guards carried 200 pieces, led by the captain of Linhe, and carried them into the beacon tower.

Captain Linhe and his soldiers looked at the basket full of golden copper coins, and their mouths couldn't close their smiles. As soon as Captain Linhe told him what had happened, the soldiers were first overjoyed, and then complained. Since the prince was so generous that he had no bounds, he should have said that the number of soldiers was more than five hundred, and the reward would not be even more at that time.

Listening to the words of his subordinates, Captain Linhe also regretted it a little, he never thought that Wang Ping'an would be so generous. It's too late to regret it.

The Turks set up their tents, cooked porridge and ate, and then went into the tents and slept, leaving only thirty percent of the sentinels of the past. In the first half of the night, there was no word, and in the second half of the night, a small crack was opened in the gate of the side wall, and a fast horse galloped out, ran up the river, and ran madly towards the camp of the Turks!

Immediately the knight whipped his horse fiercely, and shouted loudly in Turkic language, as if he was very anxious.

The distance was too far for the sentinels to hear what the man was calling, so one sentry ran back to the camp while others met him!

One of the sentries shouted in Turkic: "Hey, who are you?" ”

The war horse galloped very fast, and this man had run to the middle of the gourd river, and he shouted: "My name is Ashina Qiboer, and I want to see my teacher, and my teacher is Wang Ping'an!" ”