Chapter 13 Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger and the devil
Time pushed back more than half an hour, the Tang Army camp, the camp where the Nanzhao envoy stayed, the Nanzhao envoy named Yang Zifen opened his eyes, his head was still a little dizzy, he obviously drank a lot of alcohol, why was he drunk?
The lamp burning in the tent was a little dazzling, and when he got used to it for a while, he was surprised to find that he was not the only one who was drunk, and the ten generals and ministers who came with him and dozens of his entourage were all drunk.
This can't be done, the Nanzhao army will come over tonight, and it is certain that the Tang army camp will be broken at that time, and these few people should not be killed by the angry Tang army before the great success, then they will die too unjustly!
"Wake up!" We must call everyone up, Yang Zifen thought so, he worked hard to get up, took two steps, and bent over to wake up the deputy envoy Jiang Ruzhi.
At this moment, the curtain of the tent was opened, and the commander of the Tang Army named Xiao Qubing walked in, looking at himself with a smile on his face, with a teasing face, Yang Zifen was a little stunned, and his body was fixed there.
"Such a good night, Yang Envoy is not sleeping well, but he wants to wake up his companions......" He walked towards Yang Zifen with a chuckle, and bowed slightly in front of him: "What are you going to do?" ”
"No ......" Yang Zifen thought of the worst possibility, and was so frightened that her whole body was cold, and her scalp was numb, and then she calmed down and said, "I think the night is very good tonight, and I want to take the Jiang envoy out for a walk." ”
"Oh, that's right." Xiao Quzhi smiled and said, "Why don't I accompany Envoy Yang for a walk?" ”
"Yes, of course."
The two walked out of the tent. Xiao Quzhi looked up at the night sky of Erhai Lake. The time is the tenth day of the seventh month. At this hour, the moon had already set, the sky was full of stars, and the blue sky was like washing, Xiao Qu sighed: "The night is so good." ”
"yes, it's a nice night." Yang Zifen said with a smile: "King Lanling is not in the tent to accompany the beauty, why did he get up in the middle of the night?" ”
"It is customary to go out to war, and when I go out to fight, I always get up in the middle of the night to patrol the camp twice. And when he saw outside the tent that the messenger had risen, he came in and looked. ”
Yang Zifen was in a hurry, scolding this damn habit in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh No wonder he can always win a hundred battles, at this moment Yang Zifen has already made a plan to sacrifice, and said with a smile: "King Lanling, where are we going?" ”
"Let's go to the shipyard and have a look." Xiao Quzhi put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Do you know, in fact, the water war is my best, two years ago in the South China Sea. With only nineteen warships, the king defeated more than one hundred and fifty pirate ships of the Great Food and the local natives.
Do you know what tactics I use? ”
"I want to hear about it." Yang Zifen was stunned. There were some doubts, but then he became happy, it seemed that this Xiao Qu was not suspicious, and the entire Tang camp was also normal, and he could immediately see the shipyard that was covered by the curtain.
They had been very interested in this area before, but they were told that the forbidden area here involved the secrets of the Tang Army's new warships, and those who came within ten paces would be killed.
The door of the curtain was opened, Xiao Qubing took the lead and walked in, and then Yang Zifen followed, he saw the scenery inside, his whole scalp became numb, and a chill rushed up to his backbone from the soles of his feet, and he couldn't help but want to shout out loudly, and then he was pushed hard behind by the guards of the King of Lanling behind him, and staggered in.
The curtain is brightly lit, but it is not a torch, but a lamp with a crystal cover, which is fenced here, and the warships have naturally been built, but more are assembling catapults, and at present, Yang Zifen has seen at least five or six hundred small catapults.
In addition, there are tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tiance Army who are fully armed and ready to go, and it seems that they are ready for battle.
Yang Zifen is an extremely smart person, and he can figure everything out in just a moment.
It turned out that for the past two days, he had been assembling the catapult in it; It turned out that the so-called building hundreds of warships to cross the Erhai Sea in a month was false; It turns out that the plan on his side has long been discovered!
I was deceived! King Nanzhao was also deceived!
Yang Zifen wanted to shout, but the guards behind him strangled his neck with a belt, he opened his mouth hard, and then someone blocked his mouth with a cloth ball.
Seeing the King of Lanling come in, the 10,000 soldiers inside saluted him neatly, and after the King of Lanling returned the salute, two generals under his command named Li Sheng and Ma Sui came to report the situation, King Lanling nodded with a smile, and said: "Each is in place, prepare for battle, Liangqi is responsible for the three directions on land, and Xunmei is responsible for the navy in the west." ”
Everyone went about their work, all the fence gates of the curtain were opened, small trebuchets were pushed out by soldiers and craftsmen, and many deer and horses were carried to the shore, busy but not chaotic, orderly, showing a very high level of action.
The young commander of the Tang Dynasty walked towards him again: "Let's continue to talk about the naval battle two years ago, when the other side had more than 150 warships...... We'll wait for them to get together and drop whale oil on these pirate ships with catapults and eight-ox crossbows, you know whale oil...... Now, we have a more powerful oil. ”
Xiao Quzhi took a porcelain jar, opened the stopper, sniffed it for Yang Zifen, and said: "This oil is called gasoline, we dug it out of the ground in Yanzhou, it is only seventy percent of the weight of water, it is more suitable for floating on the water surface than whale oil to burn, you can see it later, that scene must be very beautiful." ”
Yang Zifen shook his head in pain, babbling and wanting to speak, but Xiao Quzhi obviously didn't have the heart to listen to him, he waved his hand, and several soldiers brought a wooden platform with a cross-shaped wooden frame on it, Yang Zifen was tied to the horizontal wood, and his neck and chest were also fixed on the vertical wood with strips of cloth.
Subsequently, the deputy envoy Jiang Ruzhi and the two generals Zhao Meiqiu and Duan Mingyi and the other eight "generals and ministers" who were used as hostages were also brought in, and Jiang Ruzhi, Zhao Meiqiu and Duan Mingyi were also concocted and tied to a wooden shelf.
The four of them watched anxiously and angrily as the Tang army was in full swing to prepare for battle, and waited like spiders to spread their webs, waiting for the 50,000 Nanzhao troops on their side to send them to the door. The most painful thing is. Now I know the truth. But there was no way to inform the 50,000 army, so he could only watch them come to die!
Until now, Yang Zifen doesn't know what went wrong on his side, or did the other party not plan to negotiate peace from the beginning, and just wanted to wipe out his side?
As if seeing Yang Zifen's question, Xiao Quzhi looked into his eyes and said, "Do you really want to know why this is happening?" ”
Yang Zifen nodded with difficulty, and then he saw a person walking behind Xiao Qu's illness, about thirty years old. After saluting the King of Lanling, the man came to him and sneered, "Envoy Yang, don't come unharmed? ”
It's Cui Yang! The staff of the former Jiannan Jiedu envoy Xian Yu Zhongtong, when Xian Yu Zhongtong's 80,000 army attacked Nanzhao, he sent Xian Yu Zhongtong twice and met. But what does it matter?
Over there, Xiao Quai's slightly sarcastic voice sounded, as if he was saying to himself, and as if he was saying to the soldiers under his command: "Next, I will explain to everyone what is called 'pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger', and the master of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger - Nanzhao."
Ge Luofeng has always said that Zhang Qiantuo forced him to oppose Nanzhao. That's right, Zhang Qiantuo did a lot of things a bit excessive. But he said that Nanzhao has always been anti-minded, but he is not wrong at all.
At the beginning, when Zhang Qiantuo wanted to rebel against the Southern Zhao, Ge Luofeng sent Wang Bishuang, Luo Shi and others to the table of His Majesty Chen, and repeatedly affirmed that he was wronged. But when he was doing all this, he sent troops to surround Yaozhou City on all sides, and then the envoy Jia Qijun came to Yaozhou to understand the situation, and also recognized Nanzhao's desire to rebel, so Ge Luofeng sent troops to attack Yaozhou City.
Later, Xian Yu Zhongtong's three-way army attacked Nanzhao at the same time, and Ge Luofeng sent a large army to Li Keduo to Yining City, and repeatedly affirmed to the city envoy Wang Kezhao that Nanzhao had no intention of betraying Tang, but Zhang Qiantuo did too wrong. Wang Kezhao found that Nanzhao was coming with troops, doubted Ge Luofeng's sincerity, and did not agree to mediate for Nanzhao's appeal, so Ge Luofeng ordered an attack, broke Yining City, and killed Wang Kezhao.
Later, Xian Yu Zhongtong's three-way army was pressing forward step by step, and Nan Zhao sent envoys to Xian Yu Zhongtong three times in a row, begging bitterly, showing that he had no objection and was willing to return all the prisoners and land. However, after Xian Yu Zhongtong refused to allow it twice, Ge Luofeng sent people to the Tubo army stationed in Langqiong to ask for help, and the two sides agreed that the Tubo army would bypass the east coast of Erhai Lake to cut off the back road of the Tang army.
Even so, Ge Luofeng still sent an envoy to Xian Yu Zhongtong for the third time, explaining the benefits and disadvantages, and pretending to be pitiful. Everyone thinks, what kind of person is Xian Yu Zhongtong, he wants to go crazy with military exploits, the more pitiful Nanzhao said, the more he wants to send troops to attack, so he naturally refuses again, and then Nanzhao and Tubo coalition forces together will kill Xian Yu Zhongtong's 80,000 troops to the annihilation.
Later, Li Mi led the army to conquer Nanzhao again, and Ge Luofeng deliberately retreated twice in a row, introduced it into the hinterland of Nanzhao, and once again attacked our Tang army with the Tubo coalition army, and defeated Li Mi again.
Now, the king led 20,000 Tiance troops here, and at the same time Nanzhao asked for help from Tubo, he sent an envoy to sue for peace, and once again said that he did not want to oppose the Tang Dynasty, and was willing to return to the Tang Dynasty, and was willing to attack Tubo for the Tang Dynasty. What a good calculation, coerced by the situation, tempted by benefits, but behind the scenes, tonight they are ready to send 50,000 troops to attack me by land and water! ”
In fact, speaking of this, Xiao Quai's heart admires Ge Luofeng a little, he always has to take the initiative, pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger again and again, between the two big countries, defeat the Tang Dynasty again and again, be a hero in the world, and know how to set up an inscription early in the morning, show his heart, and leave a way back! But his hero, my enemy, that's all, such a person must be eliminated quickly!
Yang Zifen was shocked, if it was Cui Yang who said to King Lanling in front, then how did he know that it was an army of 50,000 and attacked in four ways? Could it be Zhu Ling'er? Why would she do it?
"They really want to make peace with the Tang Dynasty, but they want to capture me Xiao Quai, capture 20,000 Tiance troops, and use this as a threat to force me Xiao Qu to be sick and swear an oath with Nanzhao!
This is Nanzhao's no rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, this is Nanzhao's no rebellion, their so-called peace is to secretly put the knife behind your back, and on the other hand, they are kneeling in front of you and begging for mercy, begging for peace, please make peace. If you agree, it's fine, if you don't agree, the knife in the back will be stabbed directly and take your life!
This is Nanzhao's pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger! It is also my need for everyone to always remember and always beware that there is such a type of people, such as the previous Turkic Khan Mo Si, such as the current Nanzhao Wang Ge Luofeng, their most common method is to pretend to be pitiful in the front, pretend to be weak, stumble in the back, and stab knives.
It's a pity that this time he Ge Luofeng has found the wrong target, our Tiance Army has never come to negotiate peace, we have always come to destroy the enemy. This king has already made a military order from His Majesty, and he must capture Ge Luofeng, destroy Nanzhao, and set foot on Taihe City! This king has always kept his word, how can he lose his trust in His Majesty? What if the 80,000 Tibetan army came, we even ate them together! ”
Yang Zifen's whole body was already soaked with cold sweat, it turned out that he had thought wrong from the beginning, this Lanling King is so big, the Tiance army is not here to negotiate peace, but to destroy all enemies, what about the 80,000 Tubo army? Ate together!
So arrogant, so arrogant! But for some reason, at this time, Yang Zifen had a feeling in his heart, maybe they could really do it, this army had created too many brilliant records of winning more with less before!
"Today, we will hit the main force of Nanzhao hard, and after dawn tomorrow, you will follow me to cross the Erhai Sea by boat, set foot on Taihe City, capture Ge Luofeng alive, and sacrifice your majesty! Now, let these so-called 'ministers and generals' of Nanzhao sacrifice flags for us, and let these four people see with their own eyes how my army is destroyed! ”
The soldiers and craftsmen who were still in the shipyard excitedly knocked their chests with their right hands, and then the six Nanzhao "ministers and generals" were stabbed by the Tang army, their heads rolled to the ground, and the blood sprayed onto the military flag of the Tiance Army with red emblem on a black background.
At this moment, the sound of the attack of the Nanzhao army of the four routes came from outside, and the low horn sound that resounded through the camp, Xiao Qubing raised the giant bow handed by the guards, and roared loudly: "The Tiance army is invincible!" Kill the enemy with me and make meritorious contributions! ”
Yang Zifen, who was tied to a wooden shelf, was carried by several Tang soldiers to the edge of Erhai Lake, looking at the 20,000 Nanzhao sailors with tearing eyes, and more than 300 warships rowing over desperately, getting closer and closer, the catapults on the shore have been placed, and there are clay pots in the grooves where the stone bullets are placed, which can be fired.
Hundreds of soldiers were operating an iron box with pipes, from which yellow liquid was constantly sprayed into the Erhai Lake. On the other side, the 20,000 Nanzhao water divisions were getting closer and closer, and some people shouted excitedly.
At this moment, a loud thunderbolt exploded in the sky, and more than 100 catapults were launched at the same time, and hundreds of rockets were fired at the same time towards the Nanzhao Naval Division, which was already close to the shore fifty paces away. The entire surface of the water immediately turned into a sea of fire!
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the Nanzhao warships were ignited and turned into fireballs, and the people on board let out terrible screams, and the Nanzhao naval soldiers on the boats were full of fire and jumped into the Erhai Sea with terrified screams. However, the whole surface of the water burned, and the flames followed the current and the direction of the wind, spreading rapidly to the west and south, and soon enveloping the entire fleet. The catapults and jets here are still splashing the liquid called gasoline on the water, and the flames will eventually spread all over the water, and those Nanzhao soldiers who jumped into the water will not escape death after all.
Yang Zifen looked at the north and south directions with difficulty, the same fire was soaring into the sky, the firelight reflected the whole sky, the Nanzhao soldiers in the sea of fire let out extremely miserable screams, struggling in pain, the whole scene was extremely terrifying, and a bad smell came, making people feel that they were in hell.
At this time, the cloth in Yang Zifen's mouth was torn off, and Yang Zifen cursed loudly at Xiao Quzhi with blood and tears: "Demon! You murderous demon without blinking! If you do such a wicked thing, you will go to hell! ”
Xiao Quzhi stared at his eyes, his expression was a little gloomy for a moment, and then he was as firm as iron: "This king is very strange, you Nanzhao killed 200,000 soldiers of my Tang Dynasty, isn't it killing people without blinking?" Isn't it hurtful to the heavens?
Killing people with bows and arrows, knives and guns is killing, killing people with miasma, polluting water sources is killing, killing people with you and the Tubo army inside and outside is also killing, and killing people with fire is also killing? How should I go to hell?
This king has killed a lot of people! Maybe I will kill more in the future, but as long as all the enemies of the Tang Dynasty, I will not be soft when I kill them, and I am not afraid of going to hell!
This king will let you go back tomorrow, tell Na Ge Luofeng Xiao'er, give him a day tomorrow, if you don't come early, this king will definitely lead his soldiers across the sea, capture him alive, and kill all those who do not surrender! ”
Yang Zifen closed her eyes in pain, and just repeated a sentence in her mouth: "You are not human, you are the devil ......" (to be continued.) )