When the battle began, Ge Luofeng and the others on the west bank of Erhai Lake were waiting eagerly, and when they saw that half of the sky in the east was dyed red by firelight, Ge Luofeng's heart was pinched, and he sent a ship to inquire about the situation.

But it didn't take long for the two warships sent out to flee in disarray, and the people on board were all terrified.

"What the hell is going on?" Ge Luofeng asked sharply.

"Fire ...... Fire, it's all fire......" said a confidant guard, shuddering.

"What kind of fire, what the lonely king is asking is the battle situation like ......" Ge Luofeng was suddenly stunned, his mouth was half open, as if he had been immobilized, his eyes widened, and he looked at the lake with a dull gaze.

Everyone looked in the direction that Ge Luofeng was looking at, and they were all stunned for a moment, only to see that at the junction of water and sky, a line of fire was rapidly advancing westward with the flow of water and wind, and it seemed that it would not be long before the fire could burn here.

The people on the shore were in a daze, but the people on the boat were so panicked that they hurriedly jumped ashore, and some people still wanted to drag the boat ashore, but it was obviously too late, and it didn't take long for the fire to burn to the water village and the wharf on the west bank.

The standing soldiers and township soldiers who stayed in the hinterland of Nanzhao also looked at the raging sea of fire in a daze, and no one even thought about going to fight the fire, so they rescued a few boats, and everyone just looked at it blankly, as if they were stupid.

The whole body of water was burning, such an incredible scene was beyond their cognition, and many ignorant villagers and people couldn't help but kneel on the ground. Keep prostrating. The Nanzhao people worship fire, and they believe that such a fire cannot be done by man. It must have been a miracle.

Three wars on his side killed 200,000 soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is the heaven~ kingdom, and now it has been retaliated by the heavens!

"That's it!" Ge Luofeng's heart was dripping blood, long before he set out on the expedition, he clearly knew that the Tiance Army was the elite of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, Xiao Qubing is the god of war in the Tang Dynasty, and he is by no means an opponent in a frontal battle, and tonight is the only hope for breaking the game. It is also the best opportunity, which is why he said, "The kingdom survives, fight here".

But now the 20,000 sailors were burned by the Tang army with a single fire, and the other party has such weapons. Naturally, the battle situation of the other 30,000 troops on land is not known. Nanzhao was hit hard by this. has been greatly injured, and everyone in this fire has lost their courage, and the morale of the army has been lost, and it will be extremely difficult to defend the hinterland of Nanzhao!

"The king, we must send someone to take the three armies on land back, and ask the king to plan the rest of the matter." Li Keduo, the left-behind general, said.

"Let's go" Ge Luofeng woke up suddenly, holding Li Keduo's hand and encouraging him. After he left, he immediately ordered the entire Nanzhao to be fully mobilized. At the same time, send people to the north quickly, and ask Tubo to come to help quickly.

All the people in Taihe City and Longwei City were awakened by this fire, and there was a mess everywhere, saying everything for a while, people were panicking, and Ge Luofeng's face was extremely pale, and after killing a few people who "bewitched the public", the situation was temporarily stabilized.

Under such circumstances, Feng Jiayi and Duan Quange returned to Longwei City with Luo Thozi, who was in his early 400s, and then the other two armies also returned dejectedly.

Of the 50,000 people who went out to fight, more than 70 percent died in the fire, but less than 14,000 returned, and all of them were terrified, with a huge shadow in their hearts, and half of them could not go to the battlefield again in a short period of time. The 20,000 naval army was wiped out, and there was no piece of the board, so far in the first battle, Nanzhao has been greatly injured, and is facing the danger of destruction at any time, whether it is Longwei City or Taihe City, they are shrouded in an atmosphere of sadness and despair.

Many people have begun to reserve a way back for themselves, but they don't know what the attitude of the Tiance Army is, if they want to kill everyone, then follow Ge Luofeng to fight to the end, or flee to the mountains and move away; If only the Tiance army only needs Ge Luofeng, they are not afraid to kill Ge Luofeng in exchange for their lives.

There were also some officials of the Tang Dynasty, or soldiers who fought with Li Mi, who were captured and surrendered by Nanzhao after the defeat of the city, and they were also thinking about how to atone for their sins at this time.

And Ge Luofeng is the hero of the world, how can everyone not know this kind of thought, more firmly grasp the army, guard posts, improve the vigilance at the same time, and order the preparation of sacrifices, set up altars, show to the heavens that he has put life and death aside, only for the survival of Nanzhao, and severely denounced the crimes of the Tang army, and publicized that the Tiance army wanted to kill all the Nanzhao people.

On the east shore of Erhai Lake, many Tiance soldiers, as well as craftsmen and merchants, witnessed such a tragic scene, one by one, their hearts beat wildly, their faces turned pale, and some of them had weak personalities and poor psychological quality and even couldn't help but vomit.

Although Yang Zifen's words are not right, people who are killed by bows, arrows, knives and guns and burned alive by flames are indeed completely different from giving people a visual impact.

However, Xiao Qubing was not unprepared for this, as early as after returning from the South China Sea, in view of the poor performance of some soldiers against the Great Food Soldiers, Xiao Qubing increased the proportion of trainers in the team, and trained these trainers, making them more and more like the "political commissars" of later generations.

Now, except for a few sentry observers, all the soldiers and soldiers will be psychologically counseled by these "political commissars", explaining the responsibilities and obligations of the soldiers, how the Nanzhao is insidious and cunning, constantly consuming the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, colluding with the Tibetan barbarians, and killing 200,000 of our soldiers.

Cui Yang, who personally participated in the two crusades against Nanzhao by Xian Yu Zhongtong and Li Mi, even dedicated his life to tell the tragic situation of the Tang army being killed, the blood flowed like a river, and the corpses blocked the river, and soon 20,000 soldiers and craftsmen were angry one by one, threatening to wash Taihe City in blood and take revenge!

On the other side, Yang Zifen and the other four people were also relieved from the wooden shelf, and the young Tubo general named Duan Mingyi was obviously a little frightened, and was supported by others, along with more than forty other entourages, were gathered in a big tent.

"I'm sorry, after watching such a big show, your energy was consumed a lot. You should be allowed to rest early, but I still have something for you to bring to Ge Luofeng, and bring it to everyone in Nanzhao. I can only bother you again. ”

The young commander of the Tiance Army named Xiao Quai, as soon as he entered the door, he compensated everyone for a no, with a kind smile and approachability, but at this moment, everyone looked at him as if they were seeing a demon, and they were frightened and silent.

"This time. At least more than 30,000 of the Nanzhao army were burned to death, but the matter was not over. Before you talk, you must be curious. What did this king do when he called Zhu Ling'er over? ”

Yang Zifen stared at Zhu Ling'er with tears in her eyes, and said in her heart that it was really you, and Zhu Ling'er also glared back with a frosty face, as the first ice and snow beauty of Nanzhao. was pursued by the wind and dared to refuse. The aura is naturally not bad, Yang Zifen quickly retracted her gaze, and Zhu Ling'er turned to look at Xiao Quai, Xiao Quzhi nodded to her slightly, and spoke again.

"Everything has to start from twelve years ago, when the former Jiannan Jiedu envoy Zhang Qiu and Qiong sent Zhu Lingqian, the governor of Yuewang, to Anning to build Anning City (that is, Yining City), and build the road from Anning to Rongzhou Butou.

The purpose of doing so. Naturally, it was to strengthen the imperial court's rule over the region, such as sending troops faster. It's easier to manage, but the most important thing is that Anning has five salt wells.

People always have to eat salt, and most of the salt in this area comes from the five big salt wells in Anning, and controlling Anning and controlling these five big salt wells is equivalent to controlling the lifeblood of everyone in this place.

Including Zhu Zhu: Nanning Prefecture (now Qujing, Yunnan, Anning City in Xi'an Ning City, Kunming Province, Yunnan Province) all the governors of the king, Nanning Prefecture big ghost master Chongdao Queensland Thorn Shi Ji Rijin, Qiuzhou Shouyi, Luoshan big ghost master Yanchang, etc., of course, there is Nanzhao!

Once the matter is successful, it is not what the imperial court wants the governor of this state to do, the assassin history, and the vassal king of Nanzhao, a vassal state, you have to do something, if you want to go east, you will not dare to go west, otherwise your salt will be cut off.

Am I right? ”

No one spoke, so Xiao Quzhi continued to speak: "Of course, in addition, the imperial court can also make money by selling salt, and this money may also fall into the hands of some corrupt officials and traitors, right?"

However, these are all digressions, the main topic is, Datang's calculations are so fine, Nanzhao and Zhujiao could occupy Yanjing to make a profit before, but now they have to be subject to Datang everywhere, you say, for these governors of the state who were used to living a leisurely and leisurely life, and Nanzhao can bear it or not? ”

At this time, naturally no one answered, Li Sheng and Ma Sui showed angry faces, Yang Zifen's faces were solemn, Jiang Ruzhi was enlightened, Zhao Meiqiu didn't know why, Zhu Ling'er's frosty face also had a sad look at this time, and Xiao Quzhi smiled over there: "Needless to say, naturally I can't bear it, I can't bear it!"

Then, first of all, Zhu Jian couldn't bear it, because Anning City was on their territory, Nanning Prefecture was east of Anning City, Qiuzhou was in the north, and Queensland simply included Anning City.

Before the power of the imperial court came, they were all soil emperors, and they made a lot of profits by relying on salt wells, but now they can't make a profit, and the soil emperor has to be subject to the Tang Dynasty, all of them have to be managed, and they are stuck in their throats, of course they can't bear it.

Then they rebelled, broke through Anning City, demolished the city walls, and killed the envoy who built the city, that is, Zhu Ling'er's A-Niang Zhu Lingqian. And due to the contradictions within the imperial court, the governor of Yaozhou (Anning City is in Yaozhou) and the governor of Rongzhou (Nanning Prefecture is in Rongzhou) actually sat idly by.

Because of the involvement of three governors (Zhu Lingqian is the governor of Yuewang, Wangzhou is in the north of Yaozhou, west of Rongzhou), and finally the imperial court had to entrust Nanzhao Yunnan King Pi Luoge to send troops to crusade against the Zhu Jiao who made ~ rebellion, and then Zhu Zhu Jiao painted more than 1,000 people with mud, went to the Nanzhao camp to apologize, and bitterly Chen Zhu Lingqian's rampant conscription, frequent forced labor, they were miserable.

At the same time of admitting his guilt, Zhu Jiao actively repaired the city of tranquility, coupled with Nanzhao's intercession, Zhu Jiao bribed the governor of Yaozhou and the governor of Rongzhou to say good things for him, Zhu Lingqian was dead, and the court could only settle the matter, so he issued an edict to pardon Zhu Jiao's sins, and the king of Zhu Gui was stationed in Anning City, and they were all happy! ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Quzhi glanced at these Nanzhao people with a cold face, and then his eyes made contact with Li Sheng and Ma Sui, and the three of them couldn't help but smile bitterly.

All of this is the evil result of the Tang Dynasty's policy of razing and razing, but it didn't play well, it was used by Nanzhao, and it was played around without even knowing it.

Later, he finally turned his face with Nanzhao, and encountered corruption in the imperial court, Xian Yu Zhongtong had no talent to lead troops, and only relied on his old favor to Yang Guozhong. was recommended to be the envoy of the Jiannan Festival, so that he buried the 80,000 elite army of Jiannan;

As for Li Mi, he was the governor of Yaozhou before. The commander of the Jiannan Army is familiar with the way, but most of the soldiers under his command are newly trained, and as a result, 80,000 are sent away.

Zhao Meiqiu was a little puzzled: "What are you talking about?" What does it have to do with what you're going to bring? ”

"Naturally, it has a lot to do with it!" Xiao Quzhi sneered: "This matter, from beginning to end, you Nanzhao are making trouble!"

Zhu Lingqian was stationed in Anning City and controlled the lifeblood of Zhu Jiao and Nanzhao, Zhu Jiao and Nanzhao were dissatisfied, and Zhu Jiao wanted to rebel but did not dare. It was you, the king of Nanzhao, Pi Luoge, who keenly analyzed all this, and secretly found Zhu Yao, giving them the courage to rebel.

In other words. Zhu Zhu made ~ but it was your Nanzhao who provoked and instigated behind your back! Therefore, when the imperial court sent Nanzhao troops to attack, the Nanzhao army drove to Bozhou (now Xiangyun, Yunnan, just a hundred miles east of Longwei City) and stopped moving, so this crusade and rebellion were suppressed. It was pacified without firing an arrow. It's because the two sides have agreed a long time ago! ”

Zhao Meiqiu, Yang Zifen and others showed angry and wronged looks, nine years have passed since the incident, and this matter has already been decided in the local area, in fact, they don't know the truth back then, but listening to Xiao Quai's illness and pouring dirty water on Nanzhao's body, even if he is a prisoner, he can't bear it.

Yang Zifen's mouth opened twice. Still holding back, Zhao Meiqiu wanted to refute but didn't know what to say. His face flushed with anxiety.

Xiao Quzhi sneered: "This king naturally has evidence, you may not know, before the Zhu Fu ~ counterattack was broken, Zhu Lingqian had already discovered that something was wrong, she secretly sent someone to investigate, and found that all of them were Nanzhao ghosts, but as a result, she just received the information, and before she had time to prepare, Zhu Zhao's soldiers were killed, and there were thousands of Nanzhao soldiers.

Zhu Lingqian told Zhu Ling'er all this before she was killed. Originally, Zhu Ling'er was also unable to escape death, but he Ge Luofeng thought that the matter was secret, and no one knew, seeing that Zhu Ling'er's jade snow was cute, he actually had compassion and took her back to Taihe City to adopt, but he didn't know that Zhu Ling'er hated to eat his flesh every day! ”

After Nanzhao broke through many state capitals in the Tang Dynasty, he captured a lot of officials and craftsmen to Taihe City, plus Li Mi was defeated last year, and thousands of soldiers were captured.

Zhu Ling'er's eyes turned red at this time, and her beautiful big eyes were covered with a thick layer of moisture, and she couldn't hold back her tears, which was indescribably poignant and moving.

At this time, even Zhao Meiqiu felt in his heart that what Zhu Ling'er said should not be false, but he didn't think that Nanzhao was wrong.

Xiao Quzhi glanced at the forty-eight Nanzhao people with a cold gaze, including many who were obviously Han, and his voice was cold: "Of course, looking at the problem from Nanzhao's point of view, Nanzhao doesn't want to be subject to the Tang Dynasty, and it can't be said that there is anything wrong;

And this king actually admires these methods of Nanzhao, whether it is instigating Zhu Zhu to rebel ~ at the beginning, and then come out to clean up the mess afterwards, or later pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, while seeking peace, while preparing for war, introducing the Tang army into the hinterland and surrounding it on all sides. Really, this king admires Pi Luo Ge and Ge Luofeng father and son very much, both of them are a generation of heroes, heroes, otherwise, it is impossible to change the Nanzhao from one of the weakest six edicts, with a population of only tens of thousands, into such a big kingdom today, which is amazing! ”

Zhao Meiqiu was confused for a moment, he felt that when Xiao Quzhi said these words, he was very sincere, and a trace of hope was faintly ignited in his heart, however, Xiao Quai's next words made him feel like falling into an ice cellar, and he was terrified.

"But admiration is admiration, but he killed our people in the Tang Dynasty, because of the ambition and desire for power of their father and son~ hope, the land was in endless turmoil, starting from his plan to kill Zhu Lingqian, to the later wooing the Fu clan, meddling in the affairs of eastern Yunnan, causing the rebellion of the Fu clan, to the final rebellion ~ rebellion to break through Yaozhou to kill Zhang Qiantuo, etc., all of them are because of their father and son, all the responsibilities must be borne by Nanzhao, and if Ge Luofeng can't carry it, it will be borne by the army and people of Nanzhao, because there is no support from these people, He can't do these things.

He Ge Luofeng planned the first (Zhu Jiao) rebellion ~ , but the court did not pursue it, so he thought that it was nothing to kill the official and create a ~ rebellion, he broke through Yaozhou and killed Zhang Qiantuo, the governor of Yaozhou. He felt that it was nothing, and then he asked An Ning to make Wang Kezhao intercede, but Wang Kezhao disagreed. He killed Wang Kezhao again.

He is getting bolder and bolder, and now, he has killed 200,000 troops of my Tang Dynasty, and he is still thinking about suing for peace, and he is still building a moral monument in Taihe City, and while he is pushing all the responsibilities away, he also thinks that he can return to Tang again in the future.

Of course, the imperial court was at fault. The fault is that the court always thinks about what to use to control the country, and the fault is that when Zhu Lingqian was killed, he did not strictly investigate this matter. Investigate the murderer to the end and never let it go! So that let you Nanzhao, let him Ge Luofeng have such an illusion, and it is nothing to kill officials and create a rebellion. So that you will be emboldened more and more!

But now this king will tell you. Tell Nanzhao, tell the people of the whole world that for such a thing, this king will never forgive, and Tiance Army will never forgive!

All the Nanzhao soldiers, including the township soldiers, including the conscripted husbands, as well as you officials, servants, and retinues. And here the king is dead, including their families. This king doesn't care about his eighty-year-old mother or his infant baby, all of them will die, and no one will be left!

Thirty "Nanzhao people" who could understand the Tang dialect were all frightened to the point of bloodlessness, Yang Zifen trembled, gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "You devil, you devil, aren't you afraid of retribution if you do this, you will go to hell!" ”

Xiao Quzhi looked at him coldly, and threatened with an expressionless face: "You can doubt whether this king can do it, this king will be able to cross the Erhai Sea by boat tomorrow and attack Taihe City!"

Of course, you can still run and run into the mountains, but don't forget, there are still many remnants of the Six Edicts who have been attacked by Nanzhao and cannot surrender to Nanzhao, as well as Bai Man, and Lang Dongman, who are also trekking through mountains and rivers like walking on the ground.

Even if you flee to the deep mountains and old forests, this king will pay a hundred yuan to buy your head, you can try it, see if this king can do it, this king has money! ”

Zhao Meiqiu and the others were so frightened that they sat on the ground, stunned and stupid.

In fact, of course, it is impossible for Xiao Quzhi to do this, Sihai Trading Company does have the money to buy all their heads, but the cost of doing so is too high, the cost of money, the cost of manpower, and the identity of the head is difficult to identify, isn't it?

"If you want to live, if you want to save the family, it's not without a chance to exchange the head! All the soldiers and township soldiers of Nanzhao, if they kill the head of a soldier or a township soldier, they can exchange their own lives, or the lives of their families, and if they kill two heads, they can exchange the lives of themselves and their whole family;

Those husbands, officials, servants, and retinues are simple, as long as they kill any of them, including soldiers and village soldiers, they can exchange their own lives and the lives of their whole families! ”

Yang Zifen roared angrily: "You are forcing people to death, let's kill each other...... What a ruthless heart! ”

Xiao Quzhi stared at him for four or five seconds, and sneered: "Envoy Yang, what's wrong with you?" If this king's eyes are not flowered, you should be a Han person, so loyal to Nanzhao and Ge Luofeng? ”

"I ...... The king treats me as a soldier, and I will repay him as a soldier...... I'm in Datang, but I'm a scholar from a poor family, and a traitorous minister is in charge, even if I have the heart to serve the country, I have no way, but I treat him like a guest in Nanzhao......"

"I'm sorry, bullshit traitor, don't you say sorry for Yang Envoy? You are almost sixty years old this year, thirty years ago, it was the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the monarch was wise and virtuous, how could you come to the traitorous ministers, obviously you were not knowledgeable enough, and you couldn't get along in the Tang Dynasty, so you ran to Nanzhao. ”

Yang Zifen's face turned red, in fact, he and Xiao Qubing were right about half of what they said, even if it was in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult for a poor student to rise to the next level, unless he was quite outstanding, and he was not.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xiao Quzhi continued: "Of course, there is a better way, that is, all the Nanzhao troops surrender, and the lives of all these soldiers, village soldiers, and husbands will be staked in the hands of this king first. You can go and exchange the heads of the Tubo army for the lives of yourself and your family, the price is the same as before, if the husband can't kill the head, it will be the same for ten years of hard labor for the Tang Dynasty. ”

Xiao Quzhi stood up, clapped his hands, and prepared to end the conversation: "That's all, you go back, you can tell Ge Luofeng about the surrender, and don't say anything to Ge Luofeng about killing the heads of the Nanzhao soldiers mentioned earlier, otherwise he will definitely be locked up or killed, and when the time comes, when this king's army has been killed, you, and your family will have no chance to live."

In short, the conditions are given, how to choose the road, it is your business, tomorrow, this king will definitely attack Taihe City, whether to fight or surrender, or to kill the heads of Nanzhao soldiers in exchange for the chance to live, it is up to you, this king actually doesn't matter, anyway, this king has already won. However, in the spirit of being responsible for your lives, this king still wants to tell you that when the Tiance army kills the past, it is merit to defect, and those who surrender on their knees can temporarily save their lives!

You may not know that when this king was in Khorasan, he shot down the gate tower of Mulu with a single arrow, and if you don't surrender, or don't exchange your head for your life, this king has 10,000 ways to kill you. ”

After he finished saying this, he walked out of the big tent, and then Zhu Ling'er, Li Sheng, Ma Sui, and more than a dozen personal guards also went out together, leaving forty-eight "Nanzhao people" inside, you look at me, I look at you, dumbfounded.

They remembered that during the bonfire celebration before, they heard someone say that King Lanling was an immortal disciple, was it true? If it's not true, how did the terrifying, as if it were from hell, come from? Does he really have the ability to kill all the soldiers, village soldiers, and husbands of Nanzhao, and if so, how should he choose?

When these people were worried about how to choose, on the other hand, Xiao Qubing was also worried about Zhu Ling'er.

During the bonfire celebration, in order to act for Yang Zifen and them, when they carried Zhu Ling'er away, they hugged her tightly when she was rubbing oil and entering the Chinese army's big tent, although she was let go after the lights went out, but obviously, for Zhu Ling'er, this should be her first intimate contact with the opposite sex.

And then now it becomes where Xiao is sick and where she goes.

"That, Bamboo Lady, was it a drama at the time, did you understand? I have a wife's ......."

"You avenged my aunt, I am your person, even if you have a wife, I can be your maid, maid."

"I haven't reported it yet, and Ge Luofeng hasn't been caught yet......"

"I'm sure you'll be able to capture him alive in no time!"

"You have to follow, do you?"

"Yes."

"Do you listen to me?"

"Listen."

"Then you go to bed early here, and I'll go to sleep at Liangji."

"......" (To be continued.) )