At the beginning of the moon, two Tang scouts rode through the dark forest, the trees were forested, the branches were knotted, they ran west as soon as possible along the rushing stream, they rushed up the hills, and quickly went to the depths of the northern forest, slowly, they were a little tired, the war horses kept snorting, and their pace slowed down.

"Brother Qin, stop and rest!"

The young scout gasped slightly, "The air here seems to be very thin, and I'm a little out of breath. ”

"Hmm!" The older scout nodded, looked around, and pointed to a slightly flat boulder in the distance and said, "Just rest on the rock!" ”

The two turned their horses' heads and walked slowly towards the boulder, these two Tang army scouts are one long and one young, the older is called Qin Haiyang, Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty-two years old, a native of Zhaocheng County, Jinzhou, Hedong, Tianbao came to Beiting to enlist in the army, and his current home is in Jiaohe County, Xizhou, is a military household, and the young Tang Jun's name is Feng Shilang, seventeen years old this year, one of the 10,000 military households who moved from Hedong to Beiting the year before last, and was also placed in Jiaohe County, Xizhou, his parents are both there, there are four brothers in the family, he is the third in line, the second brother and he joined the army, The eldest brother and the fourth brother worked with their parents at home to farm and make wine.

According to the rules of the Tang Army, the veteran Qin Haiyang was responsible for bringing this young new scout, they were all Hedong villagers, and they were in Jiaohe County, so they got along very well.

The two led the horse to the front of the boulder, this boulder is two zhang high, three zhang long, and about one zhang wide, it is a long boulder, Qin Haiyang observed around for a moment, and then said to Feng Shilang: "To rest in the wild, you must find a high place, in order to prevent being attacked by wild beasts, do you see, the north is a stream, and it is easy for a group of wild beasts to drink water by the stream at night, if they are found, we will become a snack." ”

"I remember!"

Feng Shilang nodded, climbed the boulder like a monkey, and said with a smile: "Brother Qin, the top is very flat, it's no problem to spend the night here tonight." ”

Qin Haiyang bolted the horse, untied the sleeping bag and food bag from the horse that specialized in carrying goods, and threw it on, "Next!" ”

Feng Shilang took it, first spread a large piece of oiled paper on the boulder, and then spread out the sleeping bag, which is woven from wool, which is very thick and warm, and can be used as a cushion when not sleeping.

He untied the food bag again, took out a piece of dry cake, sandwiched a piece of sauced beef and handed it to Qin Haiyang and said with a smile: "Brother Qin, you take it!" ”

Qin Haiyang sat down, took the meatloaf, took out a pot of wine from the bag, and drank a few big sips, and then praised: "It's really good wine, it's enjoyable!" ”

He smiled at Feng Shilang and said, "Shiro, do you know why I want to be a scout? ”

Feng Shilang shook his head, Qin Haiyang pointed to the wine jug and said with a smile: "It's just rushing it, when the scout goes out on a mission every time, you can get five catties of wine, and it's all good wine, hehe!" ”

He took another sip of wine, the mellow aroma of the wine made his eyes narrow, and he asked Feng Shilang with a smile, "Then why are you a scout?" ”

Feng Shilang scratched his head and said: "I don't know, at that time, General Nan asked us, who wanted to be a scout, so I raised my hand in confusion, and he saw that I was in good physical condition, so he agreed." ”

"You boy! The choice of surname and fate is actually regarded as child's play. ”

Qin Haiyang shook his head with emotion and said, "Do you know? It is the most dangerous to be a scout in the Western Regions, the Hu people here are all grown up on horseback, and the horses they ride are good, once they are discovered, it is difficult to escape, a little luck, captured as a prisoner of war, said to be exchanged, a little luck, and was killed on the spot, I was caught once in the fourth year of Tianbao, and then was exchanged back, and was almost killed. ”

"But I've heard that when the scouts are promoted quickly, our festival envoy general is from the scout battalion."

"You kid is chilling me! Lao Tzu has been a scout for almost ten years, and he is still a big-headed soldier, and he has only been a Tianbao for five years..... Forget it, don't mention it! ”

Qin Haiyang took another sip of wine, and suddenly, his wine jug stopped, his ears pricked up and looked around, at this time, a group of night birds flew up in the northwest direction.

"Not good!"

Qin Haiyang shouted in a low voice, jumped off the boulder, led the horse to hide behind the boulder, Feng Shilang also jumped down, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Qin, what's wrong?" ”

"Shhhh Don't talk. ”

The two of them hid behind the stone, at this time there was a faint sound of war horses wading in the distance, and there was also a sound of talking, Feng Shilang looked into the distance, and suddenly his scalp exploded, only to see that in the woods fifty steps away, a black-pressed Tirish army appeared, crossing the creek and heading northwest.

Qin Haiyang's pupils contracted, obediently, there were more than 3,000 people, and there were still long ladders, what were they going to do?

The Turgish people didn't notice them, they directly waded across the creek and went to the northwest, at this time, Feng Shilang couldn't help but ask, "Brother Qin, what information have we found?" ”

"We caught a big fish."

Qin Haiyang was very proud, so he explained to him: "First, it is a flock of night birds flying in flocks, this must be a large group of people walking by, like the two of us, those night birds don't even pull a piece of; The second is to look at the number of people, and there is no experience, if you see too much, you can judge the approximate number of people at a glance; The third is to look at the equipment, you may not know, I know best, but the previous Turgis were all tattered equipment, their own rotten leather armor, their own rotten bows and arrows, as well as knives and spears are all varied, different lengths, and this time they are all wearing uniform thick leather armor, holding the same spear, holding bows and arrows made by craftsmen, and there are actually disassembled ladders, what do you say? ”

"I can't think of it."

"Stupid!" Qin Haiyang gave him a slap on the back of the head, "These are all the equipment of the Great Food Army, which shows that the Tuqi Shi people have the support of the big cannibals, and there are also long ladders, that kind of long ladders can be disassembled and assembled, and the kind of idiots who only know how to burn cow dung can't do it, and it must be made by the big cannibals." ”

"But what do they do with the ladder?"

"You idiot, you naturally use a ladder to attack the city, what do you think you are doing, climb over the wall to steal women?"

"And which city are they going to attack?"

"Don't ask so much, just follow along."

Qin Haiyang climbed onto the boulder, packed up his things, and the two of them rode on their horses, following the traces of the horse's hooves of the Tuqi Shi people, and followed with their tails.

．．．．．．．． From Gongyue City to the northwest, there are five cities such as Fengming City, Longwei City, Baihan City and Yibo City, the five cities echo each other, each other is the horn, connected into a strategic defense line, among the five cities, the Moon Bow City is the main city of the garrison, and it is also the gate to enter the North Garden, the strategic significance is the most important, and Fengming City is the closest castle to the broken leaves, and it is the logistics base for attacking the broken leaves.

And among the five cities, the least number of troops is the North Han City, located on the edge of the Great Desert in the south of the Yibo Sea, at present the North Han City [***] has more than 500 soldiers, the main city will be Nan Jiyun, in the first Broken Leaf Battle, he made outstanding achievements, was named Zhonglang General, in addition to him, there is an important person in the city, that is, Li Qing'an's staff Yan Zhuang.

Yan Zhuang returned from an expedition to Yibohae, passing through North Hanseong, and when he passed through the desert, he had some leg problems, so he temporarily stayed in North Hancheng to heal.

The reason why Nan Jiyun is in North Hancheng is the result of Feng Changqing's purge of the Beiting Army last year, he is Li Qing'an's henchman, after Feng Changqing mastered Beiting, he was deposed from the Han Navy Soldiers and Horses to Northern Hancheng, and Lei Wanchun was deposed to Yibo City as the city lord, Li Qing'an has been busy with Anxi's power and broken leaves to prepare for war, and he and Lei Wanchun can't take care of him and Lei Wanchun for the time being.

"General Nan, the envoy this time in the second war of broken leaves, the pressure is very high, whether his strategy in the river can be implemented successfully, it depends on the first battle, the victory of the first battle, the court supports him, if the first battle fails, the opposition in the court will jump out and blame, so he said that he didn't take Du Mozhi to heart, in fact, he attaches more importance than anyone else, you can see that he transferred troops, not only the Beiting army was all on the line, but the Anxi army also fought from the south, he originally wanted to use gunpowder, but I persuaded him to stop."

"Why?" Nan Jiyun was a little strange, "Isn't it more certain to win with gunpowder?" ”

"Gunpowder can only be used at critical times, like the decisive battle of the Great Eclipse, using it too early will make the Great Eclipse have some precautions."

Nan Jiyun nodded silently, Yan Zhuang was reasonable, although Du Mozhi had a headache, but it was not enough to use gunpowder, he was just about to leave, seeing that Yan Zhuang seemed to have something to say, he waited aside.

Yan Zhuang was barely able to walk, just limped and became a cripple, this is the limit of his recovery, he walked a few steps in the room, sighed worriedly, and said: "Actually, what I'm really worried about is Chao Nei, this time the Tianwei army was transferred to Anxi, although Anxi's troops were enhanced, but the envoy was also at odds with Ge Shuhan, as well as An Lushan and An Sishun, all of whom had a grudge with the envoy, plus Yang Guozhong, a political enemy, made the situation in the court worrying!" ”

"If we take back the Broken Leaf and expand our territory westward, won't it be okay if we don't let them catch the handle?" Nan Jiyun was a little unconvinced.

Yan Zhuang smiled bitterly and said: "How can things be as simple as you think, do you understand the truth of high merit and shocking the master?" Have you seen the fate of Wang Zhonghe? The last time the envoy was just deposed to Liuzhou, if the envoy really defeated the Great Food in the future, expanded the territory of the Tang Dynasty to the west, and there were small and medium-sized people in the court, I dare to say, sooner or later the saint will kill him! ”

Nan Jiyun was startled and said hurriedly: "Is there any way to avoid it?" ”

Yan Zhuang stared straight at the ground, his eyes kept flashing the contradictions in his heart, he knew that there was a way, but he never dared to say it, this was not a matter of opening his mouth, this was related to his solemn net worth and surname, it was related to Li Qing'an's net worth and surname, and it was also related to the net worth and surname of thousands of Beiting soldiers, he couldn't say it, at least he didn't dare to say those two words until he had to, he glanced at Nan Jiyun and saw him looking at himself expectantly, and after a while, he slowly said: "If it really comes to that point, the planner is not only in people." , also in the day. At this moment, an anxious voice suddenly came from the door, "General Nan! ”

"What's the matter?" Nan Jiyun turned around and asked.

"Scout Qin Haiyang has returned, bringing urgent information."

(To be continued)