On the seventeenth day of the lunar month, a yellow sun rose and shone on everyone, sprinkling a golden yellow. Even so, it was bitterly cold.

The wind was howling, blowing on everyone's faces, still like a scraper, pulling out blood on everyone's faces.

The white breath exhaled from the nose and mouth quickly condensed into ice, and after staying outside for a long time, everyone's eyebrows, hair, and all men's beards were covered with a layer of white frost.

In such a severe cold, all people should stay in the house and not come out. Normally they do the same. But on the morning of this day, the entire county town of Yan'en was chaotic and noisy.

On the streets, by the city gates, people came and went everywhere.

"The Tang Army is coming, two thousand Tang Army! They're coming to kill us all......"

"Listen to Ye Hu (Kang Shennu) said, there are traitors in the court, coveting our pastures and wealth, and the dog thieves want to kill us, rob us of our goods and horses, and occupy our pastures......"

"Kill them all, I didn't say anything, but it's only two thousand Tang troops......"

"Great God of Light, King Dongping will bless us and be the master of our ......"

Thirteen years ago, when Li Longji ordered Prime Minister Niu Xianke to build Yan'en City here and set up Youzhou, these Liuzhou Hu, who had moved back to their original land from the Central Plains and Jianghuai exiles, have been living an extremely stable and comfortable life.

In less than 14 years, their population expanded from 50,000 to nearly 100,000 by reproducing and absorbing nearby tribes.

Since An Lushan was determined to rebel, Kang Shennu also began to train the army intentionally or unintentionally in the past two years. Up to now, there are nearly 12,000 warriors in the entire Youzhou.

Together with other full-time herdsmen and businessmen, Kang Shennu can mobilize 30,000 or 40,000 men.

This morning, these fierce and cruel, arrogant and aggressive Hu Qingzhuang of Liuzhou, after hearing that the Tang army was coming, although they were a little disorganized and inefficient when they were mobilizing.

But in everyone's hearts, to be honest, there is not much tension or attention, and even in many hearts, there are some small expectations!

The intelligence made it very clear that the Tang army attacking this time was only 2,000 people, and they had 12,000, and there were 7,000 stationed in Yan'en City alone, so they were not afraid at all!

The intelligence also said that they set off from Chang'an after noon on the 14th day of the lunar month, a distance of 800 miles, calculated as 200 miles a day, and they arrived here at least at noon tomorrow, and there was still a day and a half, so the time was very sufficient!

"How is it, have all the people sent to the tribes been sent out?" In the Youzhou Assassin's Mansion, Kang Shennu hugged a Sogdian concubine with a relaxed face, and when he heard his son come in, he asked without raising his head.

"Daddy, they've all been sent out. If you are close to it in the afternoon, you can arrive at it by noon tomorrow. The child has given the order to die. "Kang Shennu's name is Kang Shili, and the eldest son said respectfully.

"Very good." Kang Shennu's eyes were glowing with green light, his expression was hideous, and he lost the delicate concubine in his arms: "Shi Li, you do it well, start training soldiers and horses from now on, as soon as Xiao Quai's dog thief comes, it will be when we show our faces."

This time, even the father-in-law was planted in the hands of the dog thief, and if we were defeated, how happy the father-in-law would be then!

Zhang Xiancheng said that he was like a god, and he broke through the 20,000 waiting Great Food Army Formation by himself, it must have been the dog thief who boasted about himself, and everyone used it as a lie.

I don't believe he's really so powerful! When we defeat him and capture him alive, we have to see how wonderful Zhang Xiancheng's expression will be! ”

After speaking, Kang Shennu's ugly and hideous face was buried in the slender neck of the concubine in his arms, and he bit it heavily. His mouth was still whimpering, and if you listened closely, you could hear him saying, "I'm going to eat the dog thief alive......"

"Ah......h

The concubine let out an exclamation, her willow eyebrows furrowed, and she was about to cry out in pain, but she could only endure it, not daring to resist in the slightest, and just looked at Kang Shili pleadingly.

The corners of Kang Shili's mouth twitched, and there was almost fire in his eyes, looking at it hatefully, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, only daring to signal to the concubine with his eyes and mouth shape.

"The boy is gone." Kang Shili didn't want to endure such torture anymore, said hatefully, and turned away.

When Kang Shennu was in the warm room, studying how to eat Xiao alive after he was sick after catching him alive, on the tower of the gate of Yan'en City, more than a dozen Liuzhou Hu soldiers were eating the wind.

"Enter his mother, this day is really cold, and it hasn't been so cold in previous years......" On the tower of the city gate, a small soldier shrunk his neck and scolded hatefully.

In previous years, of course, it was not so cold, and in previous years he was nested in his room or cowhide tent.

"If you want to scold, you will scold the Tang Jun who kills the sky, and the dog thief who called Xiao Quai." A small officer stomped his feet, hoping to warm up: "It's not good to stay in Chang'an, you want to bring troops to kill us." ”

"Captain Ten, didn't you say that the dog thief would not arrive until noon tomorrow? Why don't you let us stand here and eat the wind now? ”

"Holy shit, do you think Lao Tzu thinks?" The ten-master gritted his teeth and scolded: "It's not that Ye Hu has given the order to die, but he himself is in the house, hugging the beautiful maid, and he is happy." ”

After the ten-captain complained, he felt speechless, and felt that he should say something exciting, so he mobilized his emotions: "Listen to it, Ye Hu has an order, kill a Tang army, reward five times, kill a Tang army officer, reward fifty times, kill the leader called Xiao Quai, reward five million times!" ”

"Five hundred!" Several of the creeps had their eyes lit up.

The ten-master smiled: "What five hundred, I heard it clearly, it's five million!" ”

"What? Five hundred...... Wanguan? "Everyone on the gate tower had their jaws dropped, and they were almost speechless in shock. All of them immediately stopped feeling cold, but were so hot that they were sweating.

Five million yuan, so much money, even with a pile of gold, can be piled up into a small mountain. With so much money, it is like squandering money, and the family will not be able to spend it in ten lifetimes.

At this moment, everyone on the tower of the city gate was stimulated by this astronomical amount of red, their eyes were red, their heads were hot, and they became extremely fanatical.

"Xiao Qu is a sick dog thief, don't you dare to come!"

About twenty miles south of Yan'en County, in a leeward col, Xiao Quzhi and two guards grabbed a handful of snow powder in their hands and vigorously rubbed the faces and limbs of Zhang Xiaogou's three scouts.

After the skin in these places is warmed, a bowl of soaked fried noodles is handed over. After the three of them finished eating around the fire, Xiao Quzhi asked, "How is the situation?" ”

"Ahh Before Zhang Xiaogou could reply, Xiao Quzhi suddenly sneezed loudly.

Who's thinking about me? Xiao Qu thought faintly in his heart.