Chapter 37: Death and Revenge
That night, five or six miles southwest of the decisive battle field in Lashi Town, at the foot of the hill where Ah Youduo and Zhang Xiancheng were dating, Ah Youduo was carrying a lantern and had been waiting for almost an hour.
Zhang Xiancheng did not come.
When the time came to noon, Ah Youduo suddenly shouted loudly to the surroundings: "Zhang Xiancheng, you liar, I know you are here, you liar, you deceived me so badly!" Our Jianchuan barbarians were almost wiped out by you! ”
Zhang Xiancheng still didn't come out, so she shouted twice more, and then cried there sadly.
After a while, from the woods, grass, and behind the rocks on the side, more than 40 people dressed in fishing nets and leaves, with oil paint painted on their faces, walked towards Ah Youduo, and kept taking out all kinds of small insects from their necks, and one walked towards Ah Youduo and said, "Go back, I don't think he will come." ”
After saying it twice, Ah Youduo didn't react, and when a guard who was sick wanted to pull him away, Ah Youduo shouted again: "Zhang Xiancheng! Do you remember what you said? You swear that you will lie to me, and you will be bitten to death by ten thousand insects! You wait! ”
The threatening words came out, and Li Sheng on the side also shuddered a little, this girl was simply poisonous, there were many insects in Yunnan, and she ambushed herself in the woods, and all kinds of insects drilled into her body, and A Youduo carried a lantern, and no insect dared to get close to her within three feet.
What Li Sheng didn't expect was that just as the group was about to go back, in the northeast direction, about three hundred steps away, Zhang Xiancheng's cold voice suddenly came: "You gave me Gu, don't you know?" But you certainly don't know. Something you gave me. I threw it all away. ”
He burst out laughing, "Even talking to you." I'm always careful to hold my breath and guard against you! ”
Before the words fell, dozens of crossbow arrows shot in the direction where the voice sounded, but the voice soon appeared in a new place, and the laughter was proud: "Li Sheng, you still want to sneak attack me." ”
"Zhang Xiancheng is a traitor, his father has fought for the country for 20 years, protecting the territory and the people. But you helped Youzhou Zahu to rebel, what face did you have to see your father after death? You rebelled single-handedly, but hundreds of relatives of the same clan were beheaded and exiled, you dare to assassinate the king of Lanling, believe it or not, I will send a message to Luoyang now, dig Zhang Shouqi's grave on the mountain in the north, and scatter the ashes! ”
"You dare! Xiao Quai's illness was assassinated by me, and if he has the ability, he will come to his grandfather for revenge and find a dead man to vent his anger, what is it...... Skill! ”
The words are not finished. Another rain of arrows covered it, but it apparently missed. A moment later, Zhang Xiancheng's voice came from not far away: "Despicable villain, the secret arrow hurts people." Li Sheng'er, as soon as Xiao Qu'er died, his grandfather withdrew to Tieqiao City with the Tubo army, and he had the ability to kill me to avenge Xiao Qu's illness! ”
"See if I dare!"
The five-stone strong crossbow specially equipped by Xiao Quai's personal guard has not yet been wound, and Li Sheng is now also a condor archer who can open a five-stone bow, and he shot an arrow in anger, but this blind shot obviously still missed.
Ah Youduo shouted again: "Zhang Xiancheng, you big liar, you can't die well!" ”
"If you want to blame you, you are stupid!" Zhang Xiancheng pulled out the eagle arrow that hit the trunk of the tree, and shot it back with his backhand, Li Sheng hurriedly knocked Ah Youduo down, and a carved arrow flew over the scalps of the two.
Over there, Zhang Xiancheng's mocking voice continued to come: "Li Sheng'er, Xiao Qu's earth-shattering bow is here, you have the ability to take it, three days later, grandpa will set it on fire." ”
Then another rain of arrows covered the past, but apparently it still didn't hit, and Zhang Xiancheng's voice came again: "Didn't shoot, a bunch of waste." ”
The voice was getting farther and farther away, obviously Zhang Xiancheng had run away, and after waiting here for a while, he withdrew.
Four days passed quickly, although the 80,000 Tubo army was defeated and less than 45,000 remained, but still relied on the advantage of cavalry, sending thousands of cavalry to attack and harass every day, shouting in unison outside the camp trench: "Xiao Lang Xiao Lang, your life is not guaranteed...... " to provoke the Tang army to fight, but its infantry was ambushed on both sides of the valley in the north.
The Tiance Army has four Hai Dongqing who are on reconnaissance missions, so naturally they will not be fooled, and these trained war eagles have flown at least six or seven hundred meters high, even the condor shooters have no way to take them.
In the camp, the severe pain of Xiao Quai's illness still has to attack more than ten or twenty times a day, and every time the heart-rending pain comes out of the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, more than 14,000 Tiance soldiers can't bite the steel teeth one by one, and many people even kneel down, praying that God can send down a miracle to relieve the pain of King Lanling and recover from treatment!
What's more, half of the Tiance soldiers also made an oath, willing to take their own place for the king of Lanling to suffer, to die, but unfortunately God and there is a manifestation, the Chinese army commander tent still from time to time there are unbearable cries of pain, listen to the Lanling King's personal guards, every time the pain is unbearable, the king of Lanling will grab his face with his hands, tear his hair, now the face is no longer visible, General Li can only use the hands and feet of the Lanling King to tie up.
At this time, these Tibetan barbarians came to provoke, which naturally added fuel to the fire, and more than 14,000 Tiance soldiers were furious one by one, and they all asked for battle, shouting that they would kill all the Tibetan barbarians and catch Zhang Xiancheng with a thousand knives.
At this time, Li Sheng, Ma Sui, or An Baozhen will take the eight hundred Tiance cavalry out of the camp to pursue for a while, and after killing hundreds of people, they will stop chasing to the ambush.
In this way, the Tubo army has sent a total of six or seven hundred heads, but they are still happy, but the anger of more than 14,000 Tiance soldiers is gradually accumulating, and the generals on both sides are waiting.
The Tubo army Enlan Dazarugong was waiting for Xiao to get sick for five days, and as soon as he died, the anger of the army could no longer be suppressed for more than 14,000 days, so Li Sheng could only choose to fight.
This way north to Tieqiao City, there is only a mountain road along the east bank of the Jinsha River that is not very smooth, on both sides of which are either high mountains or canyons, and there are simply too many places to ambush.
Even if the other party has Hai Dongqing and insists on not being fooled, it doesn't matter, as long as the other party catches up with the plateau, there will be various uncomfortable symptoms, flustered shortness of breath, headache and nausea, numbness in the hands and feet, stunned You are a tiger and have to become a sick cat, but you have no effect, and there is a terrain advantage.
When the time comes, I'll hit it back. It's sure to be a one-hit victory. Fourteen thousand sets of superb equipment were seized. Then turn Tubo, Gechuan Station, annihilate the Anxi Army and the Longyou Army, plus Youzhou Hu's rebellion in Hebei, the situation between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty can be reversed in an instant!
Li Sheng and Ma Sui were also waiting, both of them were a little indulgent to the Tubo army's provocation, otherwise they could have beaten the Tubo army in an ambush. So that these Tibetan cavalry who came to provoke did not come back.
However, Li Sheng was also a little worried, these soldiers regarded the king of Lanling as their father and teacher, listened to the screams of the king of Lanling in pain every day, and were provoked by the Tibetan barbarians every day, their emotions were depressed, they were anxious and uncomfortable, and they were really easy to suffocate, so they arranged for these soldiers to smash wooden stakes every day to vent their anger and consume their strength.
On the morning of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, a group of several hundred infantry had just returned from smashing wooden stakes and washing in the Ganmo River outside the barracks. I saw that the 900 Tiance cavalry in the battalion were arranging their saddles and wearing them all over their bodies. Each man was armed with two crossbows, and two more were hung from his saddles, and the group immediately surrounded them.
"General An, are you going to fight, are you going to fight that group of bitches raised by Tubo barbarians?"
"Is there only cavalry? What about our infantry? ”
An Baozhen, a cavalry general who was only twenty-one years old and was born in the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, glanced at these infantry who surrounded him, all of them were angry, his eyes were red, and he lowered his voice and said: "General Li just passed down the order, today we will fight the Tibetan barbarians and ambush it, and you will stay for the time being." ”
Everyone immediately showed a look of disappointment, and an infantry brigade commander said: "The Tibetan barbarians assassinated the king of Lanling, and now they come to provoke every day, they are almost going to blow up their hearts, we are really unbearable, and it is painful to suffer every day, it is better to go out and have a good fight." What if General Qiu'an asked General Li for war on our behalf, and then fought all the way to the Shenchuan Governor's Mansion? ”
All the infantrymen were also angry one by one, clenching their fists and waving: "Kill all these Tubo barbarians, kill Zhang Xiancheng alive, and avenge the king of Lanling!" ”
"That's right, being provoked by them like this every day, General Li is worried about something, and it's not that he can't beat it."
An Baozhen glanced at them and lowered his voice again: "Some of you are fighting, I just heard General Li and the mahjong machine whispering all the way, saying that the whole army is going to attack and chase the Tubo barbarians in the afternoon, whether you can kill all these Tubo barbarians and capture Zhang Xiancheng alive depends on your ability!" ”
The hundreds of infantry were obviously stunned for a moment, and then reacted, and their bodies trembled a little with excitement: "Great, I've endured this group of miscellaneous pieces for so long, I must kill them this time, and not a single one will be left!" ”
"Kill them all, not a single one will be left!"
"Alright, now hurry up and get ready, go and rest, and soon an order will come down."
A group of shirtless Tiance infantry immediately flew away, checking the equipment, resting, and resting, and in the direction of the rear camp, the cooking soldiers were busy burning salt and sugar water, stir-frying fried noodles, and the entire military camp was like a crater that was about to erupt at any time.
At about four o'clock, 4,000 Tibetan cavalry came to call the camp to provoke, and when there were still more than two miles away from the camp, the 900 Tiance cavalry went out at full speed.
Because they had been near the camp several times before, the Tiance cavalry came out of the camp to pursue, and this time the Tiance army suddenly came out, and the Tubo army was caught off guard, and it was difficult to turn around in a hurry in the valley road that was not too wide.
The leading general, Na Nang Shang Jie Si Xiuting, chose to rush a wave head-on, after all, the Tubo cavalry had an absolute advantage in numbers, but as soon as the battle began, it was found that the 900 Tiance army was completely crazy, and the momentum was terrifying, and the first wave of frontal battles was simply a one-sided massacre.
Only insisted on two breaths, the third and fourth rows of the Tubo cavalry were completely frightened by the desperate momentum of the Tiance army, collapsed, turned around and ran, and then the whole formation collapsed, nearly 4,000 people were chased and killed by 900 people, and the Nang Shangjiesi Xiuting was also killed by Li Sheng's arrow, and the Tiance army chased six miles until the ambush of the Tubo army, annihilating the enemy close to 2,000, showing off their might in front of them, and marching away.
Subsequently, the 900 Tiance cavalry, who had only lost five people, returned to the barracks with a heartfelt cry, but the entire camp was full of crying, and the eight or ninety-five people were suddenly frightened and almost fainted.
Li Sheng and An Baozhen quickly ran into the big tent of the Chinese army, everyone was lost, Zhu Ling'er had already fainted from crying, and the heart-rending shouts of others resounded in the sky, and the sound shook for miles.
Li Sheng pushed away a few of Xiao Quai's personal guards, who were a little indifferent, and saw this Tang God of War, an immortal disciple, lying quietly on the marching bed, dressed in a clean white robe, his face had been scratched by himself, and his hair was almost ripped out. One eye was also buckled out by himself. There was no sign of life left. The death was extremely tragic.
Li Sheng and An Baozhen's bodies shook, and together with the more than 800 cavalry behind them, they knelt heavily on the ground.
"Lanling King ......"
Soon after, in the camp of the Tibetan army, shortly after receiving the news of the death of Nasang Shangjiesi Xiuting, Enlan Dazarugon and Shang Jiezan received the news of Xiao Qu's death, and they should have been overjoyed, but their hearts were full of anxiety at the moment.
They wanted to provoke the Tiance Army to pursue. After arriving at the plateau near Iron Bridge City, he took advantage of the terrain and the unsuitable advantage of the Tiance Army to defeat it, but because of the death of the previous Shang Jies Xiuting, there was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart at this moment.
For example, a tiger may be able to lure it into a trap when provoked, but it may also be chased and eaten by the tiger before it falls into the trap.
However, after thinking about it for a moment, the two decided to go according to the original plan.
On the other side of the Tiance camp, lunch is underway. At this moment, the king of Lanling has just died, how can these Tiance soldiers eat. The first general of the Tiance Army named Li Sheng made a speech:
“…… King Lanling was killed by Zhang Xiancheng's thief and the Tibetan barbarian, everyone is very heartbroken, and I am more heartbroken than everyone! But King Lanling can't die in vain, we must avenge King Lanling!
Who are our enemies? It is the Tubo barbarian, it is Zhang Xiancheng, it is Youzhou Zahu An Lushan, Shi Siming. At this moment, Zahu An Lushan has already stationed 270,000 troops in Hebei, and united with 200,000 Hui soldiers, preparing to rebel, attack Luoyang, attack Chang'an, your relatives, Princess Lanling, and the prince of Lanling are all in Luoyang!
If we want to avenge the king of Lanling, we must return to the Central Plains to defend our homeland, and if we want to realize the last wish of the king of Lanling and defend the Tang Dynasty, we must first defeat these Tibetan barbarians in front of us, and then quickly return to Luoyang.
The thieves will rebel soon, the Central Plains and there are no soldiers to defend, we don't have time to entangle with this group of Tibetan barbarians, we must wipe them all out in a battle!
In the past few days, the Tibetan barbarians have come to the front of the battle every day to provoke and give away heads, in order to provoke us, and take advantage of our eagerness to avenge the king of Lanling to lure us into pursuit.
What they rely on is to run all the way to the northwest, the terrain will be higher and higher, we are all people from the plains of the Central Plains, once on the plateau, at least half of the people will have all kinds of discomfort, palpitation, shortness of breath, dizziness and nausea, weakness of limbs;
And this group of Tibetan barbarians live on the plateau all year round, but they have no effect on this, and Enlan Dazarugon wants to defeat us with this!
So, we have to kill them all before we catch up with the plateau! But more than half of them were cavalry, and they were more adapted to mountain marching than we did.
Therefore, the battle below will be extremely hard, and we will have to pursue them all the way for at least one day and one night, or even two days and two nights, without sleep, and we will have to run faster than their horses, so that after annihilating their infantry, we can catch up with their cavalry and kill their cavalry!
Therefore, in order to avenge the king of Lanling, in order to run faster and longer, I order you to eat immediately. After that, each person carried three days of dry food, rested for an hour, and at the beginning of the Shen hour, the whole army attacked and killed all these Tibetan barbarians! ”
South of the Tiance military camp, in the Jianchuan area, the 20,000 troops of the Jianchuan barbarians and the white barbarians are also preparing for the author's battle, because the news has just been spread, and the mobilization ability and operational efficiency of these people are already relatively low, so there is a bit of chaos at the moment.
As a woman in the mountains, she has no knowledge, she only knows that the barbarians of Jianchuan can't beat the Nanzhao army, and the Nanzhao army can't beat the Tubo army, and at this moment her man has to fight with the murderous Tubo barbarians.
The edict lord was upset by her crying, and scolded loudly: "You cry a fart, there is a Tiance army in the front, we are only cleaning the battlefield in the back, searching for the fish that have been caught in the net, what is the danger?"
Ah Youduo did such a thing, the Tiance Army did not slaughter our Luo Zhizhao and the barbarians of Jianchuan is blessed by God, and now our lives are owed to the King of Lanling, even if we die in battle, it is also due! ”
The woman cried even harder: "Bah, bah, bah, there is going to be a war, what bad words are you talking about?" ”
The girl named Ah Youduo had already packed up at this time: "Daddy, I want to accompany you." ”
The lord sighed: "Fighting is a man's business, what are you going to have a good time with?" ”
"I'm going to find that Zhang Xiancheng to settle the accounts."
"That Zhang Xiancheng will not see you again, and even if he does, I heard that this person's martial arts are extremely strong, and he is wary of you, this account can't be calculated."
Ah Youduo took out a small dagger and put it against his neck, and said resolutely: "Daddy won't let me go, I will die in front of Daddy now." ”
The lord sighed for the second time, this precious daughter is too thoughtful, otherwise she would not have caused such a monstrous disaster: "Okay, you will follow me." ”
On the other side, Zhang Xiancheng, who finally waited for the news of Xiao Qu's illness and death, couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart, before that, he swept the mountain road for the first time, and came to the high mountain west of the Tiance army camp.
Then he quickly returned to the camp of the Tubo army, opened an eagle cage brought from Hebei, fed Hai Dongqing inside ten taels of beef, and then sealed the written news and put it into the bamboo tube on the eagle's legs, and released the Hai Dongqing.
About three or four days later, the righteous brother who was far away in Youzhou would receive the news of Xiao Quai's death, and then rebelled, overthrew the Tang Dynasty, and established Dayan.
In the thirteenth year of Tianbao, on the seventh day of the eighth month, at the beginning of the Shen period, the Tubo camp at the three-way intersection located sixty miles southwest of the Shenchuan Governor's Mansion had a strange atmosphere.
More than 42,000 Tibetan troops traveled thousands of miles to rescue Nanzhao, but before they arrived, Nanzhao was completely destroyed; After that, he wanted to lure the enemy into an ambush, but 10,000 cavalry as bait to lure the enemy were swallowed by the Tiance army, and only a dozen horsemen fled back;
Later, the two sides fought a decisive battle, 70,000 fought against the Tiance army and 15,000, and the commander of the other side changed suddenly and almost died, but in the end the Tubo army ended up in a big defeat; Today, 4,000 cavalry went to provoke and lure the enemy, but they were chased by the 900 Tiance cavalry for 6 li, and half of them were killed.
Now, many generals have proposed to return to the hinterland of Tibet immediately, but they have been suppressed by the great dison Enlan Dazarugon and decided to wait here until early tomorrow morning.
At the same time, the assembly call of the Tiance Army camp, which was only more than 40 miles away, had already sounded...... (To be continued.) )