Ashina Molu stood behind the city wall, watched Xue Yu enter the city with a few knights, whispered a few words at the fork in the road, separated casually, and disappeared into the crowd, and couldn't help but spit and curse contemptuously.

Since he came all the way, how can he hide it from Zhong Cao's ears and eyes?

There is a Tang warrior who challenged all the warriors of Dongcao for the sake of a beauty in Zhongcao, and achieved a record of complete victory. This rumor has become a new topic in Zhongcao. Many Zhongcao people talk about it with relish, and after tea and dinner, they have to take it out to discuss and think about it. But for the Ashina Molu brothers, this is definitely not a good thing.

With the participation of the Tang Dynasty, there will inevitably be a conflict between the old and new royal families of Zhongcao. Ashina Molu doesn't know if the people of Shi Guo will have the courage to face the Tang Dynasty, but their brothers can't let go easily, they know the temper of the Zhongcao people, once Cao Yena regains the military power of Zhongcao, she will definitely chase them to the edge of the sky, and kill them all to avenge her father and brother.

The only way to do this is to defend the city of Gadi first.

Ashina Molu personally defended the city with the dignity of the deputy king, just to wait for these enemies who were beyond their strength.

Seeing Xue Yu, he laughed silently, laughing cruelly. He called a few of his subordinates and asked them to follow Xue Yu and the others, and then turned around and went down the city tower and came to the palace.

Zhongcao King Ashina Moye is in his forties, just in the prime of life, he holds the golden cup in one hand, rubs the hilt of the knife in the other, squints, and his eyes flash. After listening to Ashina Moye's narration, he took a sip of blood-like wine and said lightly, "What do you think should be done?" ”

"Get ready, wait for them to enter the city, and kill them cleanly." Ashina Modu raised his palm and gestured.

"Murder in the city will inevitably cause riots." Ashina Moye shook his head: "That Li Zaixing is the captain of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yu is the prince of Bahanna, and Bahanna is a subject of the Tang Dynasty, no matter what, the Tang Dynasty can't sit idly by." Even if the Tang Dynasty was too far away to send troops, the old horseman of Asilandagan would not give up. If he colludes with Gao Xianzhi......"

Hearing Gao Xianzhi's three words, Ashina Moxuan's face twitched, and a chill appeared from the bottom of his heart.

"That'...... What to do? ”

"You can't kill in the city." Ashina Moye sighed: "Recently, there have been a lot of thieves outside the city, and it is said that there are big cannibals inside, which is really a headache." ”

Ashina Mo understood in his heart.

"Trap Xue Yu in the city." Ashina Moye drank the wine in one gulp: "It's not time yet, don't mess with the old horseman." ”

"Whoa." Ashina Mo stroked his chest and agreed.

……

As night falls, the setting sun sets over the sand dunes on the horizon, turning the sky a blood-red color.

Li Zaixing stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the blood-colored remnant sun, frowning slightly.

The appointed time has passed, and Xue Yu has not returned. He didn't know what had happened, had they had a conflict with someone in the city, or had they discovered something unexpected that made him delay returning?

Prioritize the use of soldiers. This calculation does not refer to any thirty-six measures, but to calculations. Calculate the balance of forces between the two sides, calculate the probability of victory and defeat of both sides, and decide whether they can fight. And the basis of the calculation is various sources of information. If your eyes are dark, you can't use anything if you just use your mind to dream.

Xue Yu is the tentacles he stretched out, and now that he has lost contact with his tentacles, he has become blind.

Thankfully, he has another tentacle: the Great Cannibal. But he didn't know if these big cannibals could successfully complete the task, one was the language problem, the big cannibals were a little arrogant, thinking that except for their own language, the others were barbarians, and disdained to learn other languages. Entering the city, communication is a big problem. The second is that the big cannibal appears in his team, and he may not be able to hide from Ashina Moye's eyes.

In the distance, horses' hooves sounded, and several white figures rushed out of the horizon.

The Great Cannibal is back.

Just as Li Zaixing worried, the big cannibals didn't hear any useful news because of language problems, but they saw two things with their eyes. First, Xue Yu met a friend and went to a restaurant, and it is estimated that he is drinking happily now. One is that when they went out of the city, they found that the atmosphere at the gate of the city was tense, and it seemed that they were about to take action.

Neither of these two pieces of information was precise enough, and there could be countless explanations, and Li Zaixing was unable to judge for a while, so he decided to adopt the safest method and prepare for the worst.

"Be prepared. Whether the other side finds us or not, we must be ready to fight. Li Zaixing ordered: "Retreat fifteen miles, I remember that there is a river bay there, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can be our camp tonight." If Xue Yu doesn't come back tomorrow, I will send someone to officially enter the city and ask for someone in the name of Datang to see if Ashina Moye dares to tear his face. ”

Al Maidy frowned, but did not speak. She felt a little incomprehensible when she came to the gate of the city of Gadizhen, but could not enter the city, but had to take a step back. However, out of the sake of maintaining Li Zaixing's dignity, she reserved her opinion.

A big cannibal who had gone out to inquire about the news raised his hand and signaled that he had something to say. Li Zaixing nodded and said with a smile: "Before I make a decision, you can speak freely." ”

The big cannibal was very surprised, his eyes lit up, and he muttered for a long time. The old man of Persia was halfway there, raised his hand to interrupt him, motioned for him to wait and speak, and turned around to translate the meaning of the big cannibal to Elmadi, who in turn translated it to Li Zaixing.

The Great Cannibal means that camping in the wilderness requires not only the enemies in the city, but also the thieves outside the city. There must be a lot of sand thieves hiding in the desert, and they will come out to raid at night.

Li Zaixing's heart moved, these big cannibals are good at looting by nature, and not long ago, they were ready to rob themselves. They are experts in this regard, and they should be consulted.

Although it was very difficult to translate a few times, Li Zaixing still politely asked for the advice of the big cannibal. Receiving Li Zaixing's respect, the big cannibal was very excited, and this big cannibal knight named Achim spat and explained in detail the possible actions of the sand pirates. He was very engaged, as if he was the sand thief who was planning a robbery, and Aya couldn't help it, so he scolded him twice before he closed his mouth.

However, Li Zaixing has gained a lot. When he was in Chang'an, he worked as a ranger for a few months, and he did a lot of illegal things, but it was just a trick, at most he blocked the road and robbed like Wei Yingwu, and he didn't do it like a big cannibal. Listening to Achim's plan, he was blown away.

There is also a way to steal, and it is not bad at all. What's more, he thinks a little further than Achim. What if there were so many robbers that there was almost an army? This kind of thing is not unprecedented, Ibrahim is an army, and Ashinamoye in the city may also become an army.

He wasn't sure, but he had to prepare for the worst.

Li Zaixing immediately ordered the camp to be moved.

……

The waning moon is like a hook, and the stars are dotted.

Ashina Molu sat on horseback, looked at the bonfire in the distance, and sneered silently.

Li Zaixing actually retreated fifteen miles and found a river bay that was easy to defend and difficult to attack to camp and rest, which was a bit unexpected to him. But it was just unexpected, and it wasn't enough to dissuade him. He brought out 500 cavalry, and even if Li Zaixing occupied the position, he still couldn't block his attack.

What made him even more interesting was that a group of real sand thieves also had their eyes on Li Zaixing, and the scouts came to report that from dark to late at night, at least five groups of big cannibals walked past Li Zaixing's camp, and they also had their eyes on this fat sheep.

Ashina Moye doesn't care about Li Zaixing, but he can't care about the big cannibal. The big cannibals like to rob, and the bandits and the army are often indistinguishable, and there are big food armies stationed in Samarkand (Kangguozhi) and Bukhara (Anguozhicheng), and when they have nothing to do, they often make cameo appearances as sand thieves. In case of accidentally injuring the Great Eclipse soldiers, it is likely to cause a war between the two sides.

Datang is very powerful, but Datang is far away, and it is more than 2,000 miles to transfer troops from Anxi here. The Great Eclipse is different, the nearest is only fifty miles, and it is almost instantaneous.

So Ashina Moye didn't dare to be careless, he asked the scouts to round up those big food sentinels to find out their identities, whether they were thieves with cameo appearances in the army, or real sand thieves.

In the darkness of the night, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and among them was a white figure.

It's a big cannibal.

Ashina Modu's back straightened and looked at the big cannibal majestically.

The big cannibal turned over and dismounted, saluted Ashina Modu, and reported to his home.

"My name is Achim, and I am under the command of General Ziyad."

Ashina Modu was taken aback, and secretly rejoiced, relieved by his caution. This group of big cannibals is actually the people of Ziyad, the general under Mu Silin.

"General Ziyad is here?"

Achim shook his head: "General Ziyad did not come, he heard the news that there are remnants of Nasr in the ranks of the Tang people, including Aya, the daughter of Ibrahim, and the general has sent us to inquire about the news. If that's true, take back those big cannibals. ”

Ashina Moxuan suddenly realized and slapped his thigh: "That's right, I also got the news that there is a big cannibal woman in his team." Unexpectedly, this is actually Ibrahim's daughter, why, the Tang Dynasty and Ibrahim became friends? ”

Achim was silent, and when Ashina Molu finished speaking, he arched his hand and said, "Please retreat from the general, let us snatch out the Aya virgin and send it to General Ziyad intact." ”

"I'll do it for you." Ashina Modu waved his hand and smiled happily: "It is my honor to serve General Ziyad. ”

Achim was a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Ashina Mo smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't rob you of your credit." When the time comes, I only need Li Zaixing's head, and all the big cannibals will be handed over to you to dispose of. ”