The guards scattered in a panic, and at the moment they only wanted to save their lives, regardless of which direction they fled. The Tibetan camel cavalry was also divided into small groups of soldiers and horses, and pursued them separately. One Praetorian guard after another was overtaken, and the Tibetans shouted and brandished their bright scimitars, cut off their heads and hung them around their waists, allowing their headless corpses to fall on the sand and twitch.

In less than a stick of incense, the Nanya Janissaries were almost completely killed and wounded, leaving only Wang Ji and more than 20 Praetorian Guards who fled to the southeast. They were able to escape because they were able to change camels in time. These camels were originally used for camel water bladders, but at the moment they were excellent escape mounts, running on the sand like flying, making it difficult for the more than 100 Tibetan cavalry chasing from the rear to catch up for a while.

But the direction in which Wang Ji and these more than 20 people fled was exactly the direction where Wang Yuan and the others were located, which made Wang Yuan, who was hiding in the north of the sand dune, very depressed. If Wang Jiao attracted the Tubo people here and found himself and his two hundred guards, wouldn't it be a troublesome thing. Just now, he asked Liu Jun to lead the Tibetan soldiers and horses to kill Wang Ji and Luo Xizao, and now Wang Ji is leading the Tubo people to find him, could it be that the retribution is coming so quickly.

In fact, Wang Yuan thought about it a lot, the reason why Wang Ji fled in the southeast direction was because he had found dozens of Tang soldiers galloping past the lake and rushing into the desert in the southwest. Wang Ji knew that he would never be able to escape the pursuit of the Tubo people in the desert, and even if the Tubo people couldn't catch up, he and these 20 or so subordinates would not be able to get out of this sand sea. Because of this, thinking of the figure of the Tang army that appeared just now, Wang Ji felt that he might be able to escape by following the dozens of soldiers who had fled. Or if there is a large force of Tang troops stationed in the desert, then there is a better chance of survival.

Wang Ji and his party were getting closer and closer, and everyone was busy turning from the slope on the east side of the sand dune to the slope on the south side of the sand dune, but the sand dunes were north and south, and the east and west sides were wide and long, so they could hide. The north and south sides were so narrow that it was impossible to hide more than 200 people. Moreover, the south slope is very steep, and the gravel stepped on after the people and horses moved to the south slope rolled down, and the people and horses also slid down, and the movement was really not small.

Seeing that Wang Ji and the others were getting closer and closer, they had already reached a distance of two or three hundred steps below the sand dunes, and they were about to discover everyone's whereabouts before they went, Wang Yuan immediately made a decision and ordered in a low voice: "Prepare the bow and crossbow." Shoot their camels. ”

More than a dozen guards immediately took off their arms and crossbows, put on the thick crossbow arrows and began to aim, Wang Yuan gave an order, and more than a dozen crossbow arrows shot out from the top of the dune, targeting the camels ridden by Wang Gong and the guards who had escaped. The crossbow pierced the camels' chests and abdomen, bursting through bloody holes. More than a dozen camels mooed and fell to the ground and rolled to the ground, including Wang Gong's mount.

There were still seven guards whose camels were not shot, and Zhao Qing and Tan Ping wanted to use crossbows again. The bow shot again, but was stopped by Wang Yuan.

"These people stayed, and they didn't dare to come closer."

Sure enough, when they were sniped by crossbow arrows at the top of the hill in front of them, the seven guards thought that there were Tibetan soldiers and horses in ambush ahead, and immediately turned their mounts to the east, wanting to escape away from the sand dunes where Wang Yuan was hiding. After Wang Ji fell off his hunchback, his fat body rolled on the ground and ate a mouth full of yellow sand. While spitting out the yellow sand in his mouth, he shouted loudly to the guards who were still on horseback: "Save me, save me." Give me a camel. ”

Several guards were stunned for a moment, looked at each other a few times, and all hoped that someone would give up their mounts to Wang Jie, but everyone hoped that others would give up their mounts, but they were reluctant. Nor could the camel carry two men. With the physique of the king, if anyone rode with him, it would be difficult to escape. He had chosen the strongest camel for him to ride, and even then, everyone was slowed down by him. Several Janissaries hesitated.

Wang Ji stumbled after him in the rear, and scolded in his mouth: "You still don't stop, do you want to die?" I'm the Shangshu of the Datang Criminal Department, don't you dogs want to live? Running for your life? ”

Several guards turned around and saw that a large group of Tibetan pursuers were approaching, and at this moment, they could still take care of Wang Jie's life and death. When death came, there were many people who even ignored their wives and children's parents, not to mention that Wang Ji was just an outsider. But I thought so, but I was also a little hesitant, because it would be a trouble to abandon and run away.

"Brothers, what should I do?" One of the guards shouted.

"So far, where can you take care of him? Isn't our life our life? Another janissary shouted.

"Well, in that case, a few of us know about this matter, and we won't say a word after returning to Chang'an. If anyone leaks this secret, the rest of our brothers will kill his whole family. Because if this matter leaks out, the brothers will die. ”

"What I'm saying is that let's swear here, whoever leaks this matter will be hit by five thunderbolts in the sky, and the whole family will be dead on the street."

The seven Praetorian Guards reached a consensus with great speed, and began to urge the camels to gallop towards the east. Wang Ji and a dozen Praetorian Guards who got up from the ground chased after him, scolding endlessly, but to no avail. Finally, he collapsed and fell weakly in the sand, cursing weakly.

Soon after, the Tibetan cavalry rushed to catch up with them with scimitars, and in the midst of the rising sand, hundreds of Tibetan cavalry surrounded these dozen people, laughing loudly, and circling them with camels. The snow-bright scimitar reflected the scorching white light in the sunlight, and the white foam in the camel's mouth sprayed onto the faces of Wang Ji and the others.

Wang Jie's hair was scattered, and his face was covered with yellow sand, and he looked extremely embarrassed. He shielded the dazzling reflection of the scimitar with his hand, and shouted loudly with a gasp in his mouth: "I am the Shangshu Wang Jiao of the Tang Dynasty Criminal Department, and I will ask your official to speak." ”

"The book of the Datang Criminal Department?" A Tibetan general waved his hand to signal his subordinates to stop the noise, and asked with a frown.

Wang Gong straightened his chest and said: "Exactly, I want to talk to your officials, I know your prime minister, and I also met your Zampu when he went to Chang'an." ”

The Tibetan general blinked and said, "So, you are a Tang Dynasty official?" ”

Wang Ji said: "Of course. Are you the ruler of this place? ”

The Tibetan general smiled and said, "I'm just a little lieutenant general, and our General Lu Xizan of Bison City is still chasing and killing your subordinates." ”

"Then invite him to speak." Wang Fei flicked the dust on his body, tidied up his hair, and wanted to restore his prestige as a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty as much as possible.

"Call him? What should he do? Take credit for me? It's so easy to meet a high-ranking official like you, this is a good opportunity for me to get promoted and make a fortune, but you asked me to ask others to rob me of my credit? Am I a fool? Hahaha. The lieutenant laughed loudly.

"Hahahaha." The surrounding Tibetan soldiers also burst into laughter.

Wang Ji shuddered in fright and shouted, "You caught me and offered it, isn't it the same meritorious?" I am a member of the Tang Imperial Court, and I want to talk to your city lord and discuss important matters. ”

The lieutenant squinted and teased, "The big thing about? It's just trying to survive. It's not a credit to catch you and offer it, I only recognize the head as merit in the Great Tubo Country, thank you God for letting me meet such a big official as you. I'm sorry, I'm going to cut off your head to get merit. If you are really a big official of the Tang Dynasty, I want to thank you for giving me a great credit, maybe I can be promoted to three levels in a row. ”

Wang Ji was shocked, waved his hand and retreated: "You can't kill me, you ...... How can you be unreasonable? ”

The lieutenant laughed loudly and said, "Is it reasonable? My scimitar is the truth. ”

As soon as the words fell, the deputy general urged the camel to come forward, and the scimitar in his hand drew a shining arc, and with a single knife, he cut off Wang Jie's fat neck together, and his head flew down, and the deputy general reached out and grabbed Wang Jie's messy long hair, laughing and wrapped around the rope in the camel's abdomen.

Wang Jie's headless fat body fell on the sand, blood spurting wildly from his neck, soaking the dry yellow sand, and after a moment it dried up into a small patch of red gravel.

The rest of the Tibetan cavalry swarmed up, scimitars rose and fell, and more than a dozen guards were instantly beheaded and fell into the sand.

The Tibetan soldiers and horses killed Wang Jiao and the others, and turned their attention to the seven fleeing guards, who had already galloped on camels until there were only a few small black spots left. The deputy general of Tubo also lost interest in chasing them, after all, chasing camels on camels may not be able to catch up, and he had just killed the head of a Tang man who claimed to be the head of the Tang Dynasty Criminal Department, and he needed to go back to report at this moment, so he ordered: "If you don't chase them for the time being, they won't be able to escape." Let's go back to them again, for they are afraid that they have died of thirst in the desert. When the time comes, cut off the head and receive the credit. Let's go back first and let General Lu Xizan see if this person is a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty, if it is true, brothers, this time we have a great credit. ”

The Tibetan soldiers claimed that it was, so they turned their camels and shouted loudly and left. They didn't even notice that the dozen or so camels that had fallen along the way had been pierced through their chests and abdomen by crossbow arrows, and they didn't even wonder why the dozen or so camels had died in the sand.

It wasn't until they disappeared into the sand dunes to the north that Wang Yuan and more than two hundred guards breathed a sigh of relief and put down the bows and arrows and crossbows in their hands. Wang Yuan had just ordered to prepare for a fight, and once the traces were discovered, he would kill more than 100 Tibetan cavalrymen with lightning speed. Of course, this will lead to endless hunting, but when the time comes, it can only be like this.

Fortunately, the fight did not happen, which is exactly what Wang Yuan was looking forward to.

"This is not a place to stay for a long time, let's see and evacuate immediately." Wang Yuan ordered.

Under the guidance of the old guide, everyone retreated from the sand dunes, and slowly withdrew three or four miles south under the cover of the tall sand dunes, and then retreated to the east, far away from the place of death just now.