Chapter 403: The Enemy Camp
The next morning, the gate of the south city of Wangzhou opened, and two horses dragged the two of them out of the suspension bridge outside the south gate, which was Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan, who pretended to be an entourage. Everyone above and below the city gate silently watched the two horses slowly move south, with a sad look on their faces. Vice Marshal Wang is too capricious.
After Wang Yuan put forward the idea of going to the enemy camp last night, he was immediately opposed by everyone including Li Mi, everyone thought that Wang Yuan was crazy, and at this time, he ran to the enemy camp to find his own death. But in the face of everyone's painstaking persuasion, Wang Yuan was unmoved.
Wang Yuan thought very clearly, the alliance between Tubo and Nanzhao was not dissolved, and it would be impossible for him to reverse the situation of this conquest of Nanzhao. With the current strength of Jiannan, it is still difficult to deal with one side, let alone two sides. If the tide of the war cannot be reversed within three months, Yang Guozhong will fall, and he will also be in a difficult situation, and the promise of being promoted to the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu will naturally be in ashes, and more seriously, he will have to bear the charge of the failure of this crusade, and it is difficult to say whether he can survive or not.
Therefore, instead of regretting it at that time, and not fighting desperately at this time, only by breaking up the alliance between Tubo and Nanzhao can he concentrate on dealing with Ge Luofeng and hitting Taihe, the capital of his Nanzhao Kingdom.
Of course, it is very dangerous to go to the enemy camp to lobby, but Wang Yuan believes that the other party will not even kill the envoy, as long as he does not reveal the identity of the commander of the Jiannan Army, it should not cause a bloody case, at most the lobbying is unsuccessful. Therefore, Wang Yuan gave himself the title of Jiannan Jiedu envoy for negotiation, and planned to go alone. The smaller the pomp, the better, and the more low-key the better, the safer it is.
But Gongsun Lan would never allow Wang Yuan to go alone, and after the negotiation was hopeless, Wang Yuan could only agree to Gongsun Lan pretending to be an entourage to go with him, but he agreed to three chapters of the law to let Gongsun Lan maintain restraint and never act at will. Gongsun Lan actually understood that no matter how high her martial arts were, she would not be able to rescue Wang Yuanlai in the enemy camp. The reason why she followed was just to reassure herself.
The sun slowly rose and shone on the barren land. On the ground of the Gobi, except for the dwarf trees and shrubs, there are small patches of green and yellow grass. As far as the eye can see, it is full of desolation.
"In front of us is the Tubo battalion, and the Tubo scout cavalry in front of us has already discovered us just now, and I believe they are already ready for battle." Wang Yuan Lerma pointed to the smoke and dust rising in the distance.
Gongsun Lan was wearing the armor of an ordinary soldier, his face was smeared with gray and yellow oil mud, he looked like a thin man in his thirties, and said calmly: "I know, you want to say, this is my last chance to turn back, right?" ”
Wang Yuan smiled bitterly: "I want to say, you don't have to take risks with me, I still expect you to protect your family, you and I are dead in the enemy camp, I can't see if I die." ”
Gongsun Lan snorted and said, "But if I don't come, I will die blindly." I can't sit idly by and watch you get in danger. ”
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "My cousin is so good to me, I have decided, if I can be safe and sound this time, and then the crusade against Nanzhao is successful, I will find out the relationship with you to Twelve Niang, I want to marry you." ”
Gongsun Lan was stunned for a moment, and said coldly: "Do you want to marry?" You haven't asked me if I want to. ”
Wang Yuan said: "Is my cousin willing?" ”
"I don't want to." Gongsun Lan cut the way categorically.
Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Why don't you want to?" Does my cousin not like me? ”
Gongsun Lan was silent for a long time and said, "You know, why ask me. ”
Wang Yuan frowned and said, "What is my cousin worried about?" ”
Gongsun Lan: "If you like it, you don't necessarily have to get married." How can my father-in-law Sun Lan be criticized for being contrary to morality. That's the answer. ”
Wang Yuan sighed and said, "That's it, I won't mention this topic again." When I didn't say yes. ”
Gongsun Lan sneered and said, "Now at this time, you have a long relationship with children." Let's talk about it if you can get through it. I only said that I would not marry you, but I didn't say that I couldn't be with you, but you had to die. If we all die today, what's the use of talking about this? ”
Wang Yuanxi said: "It turns out that there is still hope, then I can rest assured, with my cousin's words, how can I not die easily, wouldn't it be to live up to my cousin's expectations." ”
Gongsun Lan whispered to herself: "Actually, it's not bad to die together." Wang Yuan didn't hear this sentence anymore, thinking that more than 100 Tubo cavalry who rushed out of the Tubo camp on the hills in the distance had galloped over, and the rumbling of hooves instantly arrived in front of him.
Hundreds of Tibetan cavalry rushed to Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan dozens of steps away from the horses, the knights on horseback bent their bows and arrows aimed at the two, Wang Yuan hurriedly raised his hands and shouted: "Messenger, messenger, we are the messenger of the Tang Dynasty, and we are going to deliver the letter to the camp of your army." ”
Gongsun Lan also raised her hand helplessly, indicating that there was no threat. The Tubo cavalry galloped forward, surrounded the two of them and looked around, several Tubo cavalry also ran around on the road, standing on horseback and looking at the movement in the direction of the city of Wangzhou, and worked hard for a long time to believe that these two people were not a threat.
"You are...... Datang's ...... Messenger? A cavalry leader with a dark and red face and braided hair pointed at Wang Yuan with a scimitar and asked.
"Yes, yes, we're delivering letters." Wang Yuan took out the letterhead from his arms and shook it.
"Bring it." The leader stretched out his hand and grabbed the envelope, flipped through the brush words on the cover and the red seal of the envoy stamped by Wang Yuan, and muttered a few words to the soldiers around him.
"Trust us...... Got it, you guys...... OK...... Let's go. The soldier said.
Wang Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, it can't be done, this will be handed over to your boss in person, which one is your boss?" ”
"Be ...... with your own hands To...... Our...... General Ironblade Sinoro? The Iron Blade General is not available, and he is not in sight. ”
Wang Yuan was very helpless, if he couldn't even see the commander of Tubo, this trip would be in vain, these Tubo soldiers were really strange, and they didn't go to report it. Before Wang Yuan could say more, the Tubo cavalry had already shown impatience, and the scimitars in their hands began to wave.
"It's a little meaning, you take the flowers, we not only have to send a letter, but also important words to convey to your commander, if you delay a big thing, your iron-bladed general will blame you." Gongsun Lan spoke in a deep voice, and at the same time, a few golden leaves in her outstretched palm sparkled in the sun.
I don't know if it was Jin Yezi or Gongsun Lan's words that played a role, a group of people quickly understood that Wang Yuan had to go to the camp, so more than a dozen horsemen returned to the camp to report the news, and the rest surrounded the two of them and went to the camp.
Wang Yuan sighed in a low voice: "Your method still works, no matter where it is, the sentence that money can make ghosts grind still works." ”
Gongsun Lan sneered: "Later, if we die in their camp, you will blame me for spending money to find death." ”
Before Wang Yuan could laugh a few words, the Tubo man on horseback in front of him turned his head and glared and shouted, "Don't speak." ”
Wang Yuan stuck out his tongue and hurriedly closed his mouth.
The group soon arrived at the Tubo camp on the east side of the hill, and from a distance, the Tubo camp was very neat, with dome cow felt tents arranged neatly, and various colored flags hung on them. When he entered the door, the melodious and vigorous horn sound suddenly sounded under his feet, startling Wang Yuan, and when he looked closely, he found that two huge horns were placed on the dirt ground on both sides of the camp gate, and the other end gradually bent up slightly, leading to the mouths of the two soldiers standing on the gate tower of the camp. When they entered the door, it was these two two soldiers who blew the horn, which startled Wang Yuan.
The camp was a busy scene, with hundreds of camels lying in the open space with their heads held high and chewing their mouths, and groups of Tibetan soldiers walking around in leather armor and shoulder gowns with scimitars at their waists. On the left side of the large open space, the pots and stoves are lined up, the cow dung is burned red, and the dough squeaks in the copper plate, giving off the unique fragrance of buckwheat.
"Don't look around." Wang Yuan was scolded again, turned his head, and found that there was a huge camp tent in front of him, and the copper gourd on the top of the camp tent was fixed on the ground with countless colored lines, and countless colored flags on the line were waving in the wind. The ground in front of the tent was still covered with carpets, and hundreds of heavily armed Tibetan warriors stood in front of the tent door.
"Dismount." Someone shouted.
Wang Yuan dismounted and stood on the carpet leading to the big tent with Gongsun Lan one after the other, the warriors on both sides surrounded him, and the scimitars were drawn out in waves, crossing into a passage composed of forest iron blades, the height was only four feet high, and if you wanted to walk over, you had to bend down and bow your head and bow over.
Wang Yuan frowned and thought, he is still engaged in this set, fortunately, he has watched a lot of Lao Tzu TV series, and at the moment he raised his chest and raised his head towards the crossed scimitar channel, the height of the scimitar was just in the range of the chest and neck, and the blade was facing outward, as if Wang Yuan wanted to send himself to the blade to wipe his neck.
"Canglang, Canglang." The scimitar rang out continuously, and the scimitar array moved away at the moment when Wang Yuan was about to touch the edge of the blade. The second is lifted up, forming a channel. Wang Yuan's heart was pounding, and a cold sweat broke out on his body, and at the same time, a warrior outside the tent door was grunting, and someone opened the heavy tent door embroidered with various ornaments.