The milky white mist filled the valley meadows, like a dream, and every qiē became hazy. Out of the smoke, a large number of men and horses suddenly appeared silently, and those horses were wrapped in sackcloth and withered grass on their hooves, and they walked out slowly. Immediately after the men and horses appeared a large sedan chair carried by sixteen strong men, half of whose shoulders were bare in the cold mist, and their swollen muscles highlighted a sense of strength.

In stark contrast to this, there was a thin young man sitting in a sedan chair, his face was pale and sickly, but there was a calm atmosphere between his expressions, which hardly looked like the expression of a teenager. Opposite him, there was a beautiful woman wrapped in white mink, who was lazily crooked on the soft collapse of the leopard skin, as if she had not woken up yet.

Behind the sedan chair, a huge golden statue was held high, like a bird and a beast, which made everyone awe.

At this moment, a knight stepped forward, he was dressed in leather armor, small sleeves, small hakama, and a long skirt hat, and Luo Mi on the brim of the hat had been lifted to the top of the hat, and the knight put his right hand on his left chest, bowed respectfully and said in Tuyuhun language: "Repay the king, everyone has passed the stone castle." ”

The Khan did not speak, but nodded slightly. After the knight retreated, a middle-aged reckless man with a big belly and rosacea rode his horse to catch up with the sedan chair, and said with a smile: "It's so foggy, when we take the outpost fort, they can't see the wolf smoke, it's really God help me." ”

The person who spoke was Tuyuhun Daxiang Fulu, he was the real power helmsman, but he still respected Murong as the king on his face, so Murong Xuan, the king of Khan, could sit in a luxurious sedan chair. Even his wife can sit in a sedan chair with King Khan, because his wife Murong Yan is the sister of King Khan, and he himself can only ride a horse.

King Khan said lightly: "People say that in order to choose the auspicious day to send troops, the prime minister has many twists and turns, but he did not expect that the great minister knew the heavenly opportunity. ”

Fu Lu was so happy when he heard it, he held up his big belly and laughed.

There was no end to the people on the left and right, and there was no end in sight in the fog, and the people walked for a while, and then stopped. Those men who carried the sedan chair also carefully put down the luxury sedan chair, and finally could take a breath, the sedan chair was quite heavy, and the two people inside were not heavy, and the key was that the weight of the empty sedan chair was also terrible.

In the fog on both sides, several horseback riders came one after another, and when they came to the sedan chair, they dismounted and saluted the sedan chair, and a general said: "The ministers have been arranged, just wait for the king's order to go to the target, and beat the Tang people to the water with lightning speed." ”

They spoke to the king of the Khan, but the king did not reply, and the person who answered was Fulu on the side, who said: "Then what are you talking about, go, the heroic souls of your ancestors are with you!" ”

The generals remounted and scattered.

The young Khan didn't say a word, but picked up a box and slowly placed the flag carved into a small man and a pony on the pine table. The paper was not a chessboard, but a drawing of a mountain level.

He first placed the king in the east of the stone castle city, and then placed villains on several fort points in the east, and placed a wooden horse in front of the city.

The beautiful sister on the opposite side had already woken up, and her charming eyes showed a hint of a smile: "Is Brother Wang a game of chess?" ”

The young Khan sighed and said, "The world is like a chessboard, and these chess pieces are placed by my hands, but it is not my intention. ”

Murong Yan cleared her throat lightly, and deliberately said in a rough voice: "The destiny of heaven may not be violated, and fate may not be of your own will, but people can still act independently. Change a qiē, such a person can start their own business. ”

"Isn't this what the degraded prince in Shanzhou said?" King Khan groaned.

Murong Yan said coquettishly: "Brother Wang captured Shanzhou, captured the prince alive and rewarded me, and asked Chang'an to spend money to redeem it, which is very fun." ”

The Khan muttered, "I'm afraid I won't be able to catch him." ”

"Before he fights, Brother Wang will destroy himself." Murong Yan pursed her lips and said angrily.

Murong Xuan smiled and said nothing, as if he had attained enlightenment.

Shibao City is located in the southwest of Shancheng and is one of the important routes for the enemy to enter the city. As a result, the fortresses in this direction were even more dense, with six or seven castles in the distance and another near Shancheng.

With Shancheng as the core and the fortress as the stronghold, each fort has a number of subordinate posts, and a three-level network defense and early warning system of the city, fort and post has been constructed.

There are usually 100 people stationed in such border forts, and 56 to 112 people in the outposts.

One of them was the pine whistle attached to one of the forts called Jonburg, which housed eight people. Originally, there were ten people here, one of them fell ill and died, and one of them was too old to be over sixty years old, and he returned to his hometown a few months ago, and now there are only eight people left.

Huo Chang is a strong man in his thirties, with a messy beard, which makes his image look very sloppy. As soon as he got up early in the morning, he opened the door and walked out of the stone tower, raised his head and shouted to the two people above: "Lift the old roots and their quilts, get them up and make a fire to make rice, and exchange them for your value." ”

One of the two men on the watchtower went down to get them up, and the other young man pulled at his shabby cotton coat and yawned. Seeing this, the fire chief scolded and roared: "Lao He, who sent grain before, said that the Tuyuhun people may come in from here, you and his mother will make Lao Tzu's eyes wider, don't just care about dozing." ”

The young man was not annoyed when he was scolded, and said with a hippie smile: "I've been here for a few months, and I haven't seen anyone else except Lao He, who delivers food. ”

The fire chief continued to curse, walked to the side of the trench in front of the door, picked up his skirt armor, pulled out his pants and peed, but he accidentally got the excrement on his hand, he scolded him again, shook his hand and wiped it, and simply reached out and wiped it on the helmet.

The iron helmet soaked in the fog for a while, and it was already wet and icy, and the ice took a long "sizzle" from between his teeth.

At this moment, the young man on the tower suddenly said, "Fire chief, I seem to hear something." ”

Huo Chang hurriedly stopped his movements, listened attentively for a while, but there was no sound. He thought for a moment, ignoring the dew on the tip of the grass, and fell to the ground, leaning his head on the ground and listening for a moment.

At this time, the fire chief suddenly jumped up and shouted: "It's the horse team, light the wolf smoke!" ”G