, Chapter 10 The Mysterious Horse Thief

The time has gradually reached the middle of August, but the Western Turks have not moved, and Yang Guang's will has returned to the city of Yiwu, in which Yang Guang agreed to Yang Yuanqing's proposal to retain the Yiwu kingdom and also allow the king of Mosi to be the symbol of the Wusun people and retain his title of king.

At the same time, the Sui Dynasty officially established a county in Yiwu, appointing Wang Wei as the first Taishou, Li Yannian as the county Cheng, and Xue Wanshu as the county Sima, and the three of them were responsible for passing through Yiwu, Yang Guang and ordered the construction of Yiwu New City, as the Sui Dynasty's ruling center in Yiwu County, and moved 2,000 Han households from Zhangye and Dunhuang counties to settle in the new city.

Located in the east of the old city, about 50 miles away from the old city, the new city is a larger and stronger city, with a circumference of nearly 20 li, which can accommodate more than 200,000 residents in the city.

Yang Yuanqing ordered the Yiwu people to mobilize the whole country, and more than 100,000 Wusun people were mobilized to repair the city, and the income they received would be exempted from taxes for ten years, and each family could get a piece of land in the new city to build a house.

In the wilderness, a team of Wusun people are busy ramming earth and transporting stones, the stone is quarried from the red mountain thirty miles away, the rock is red, in this way, the new city built will also be a red city, Yang Yuanqing has thought of a new city name, Chicheng, red is the symbol of the Great Sui Dynasty, Chicheng is the city of the Great Sui Dynasty.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing was riding a horse and standing on the hill, watching the hundreds of thousands of Wusun people building a new city, his mission in Yiwu had been completed, and he could return to the capital at any time, but he was still paying attention to the movements of the Western Turks.

Yiwu is the sphere of influence of the Western Turks, the Sui army occupied Yiwu and invaded his sphere of influence, the Western Turks could not just give up, and his intuition told Yang Yuanqing that the Western Turks would definitely come, and with his knowledge of the Turks, the Western Turks would definitely launch an offensive before the onset of winter, most likely just before September.

Today is the twelfth day of August, and there are three days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Turks with wolves as their totems have the tradition of sending troops on the night of the full moon, and they should come.

"General!"

A scout in the distance rushed to Yang Yuanqing and reported: "General Su was attacked by the people of the moon in Pu Shihai, and there were casualties among the brothers, so I asked the general for assistance!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, Su Lie went to check on the situation because a caravan was attacked by the Moon Man, and now even he was attacked?

It was a bad sign that the people of the moon actually dared to attack the Sui army, and he immediately ordered: "Let Li Juncheng and Xue Sima come to see me!" ”

In a moment, Li Yannian and Xue Wanshu galloped on horseback, the two of them were responsible for building the new city, although Yang Yuanqing was now not directly related to Yiwu County, but he had not stepped down from his position as the head of the Yumen Road march, and he was still the commander of the supreme army.

Li Yannian arched his hand and said, "What does General Yang have to explain?" ”

"I just received news that Su Lie's scouts were attacked by the Moon Collectors, I want to go to support immediately, and you immediately organize the Wusun people to return to Yiwu City and suspend the construction of the city."

Li Yannian and Xue Wanshu glanced at each other, both of them showed a look of vigilance in their eyes, the people of the moon took the initiative to provoke the Sui army, which was definitely a bad omen, and the two immediately said: "Let's organize the people to return!" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned over and got on his horse, waved his sword, and shouted: "The first regiment will follow me to Pu Shihai!" ”

There were 3,000 cavalry guarding the city, and 1,000 cavalry immediately followed Yang Yuanqing and ran northwest.

Pu Shihai is today's Balikun Lake, located in the north of Shiluo Manshan, about 200 miles away from the new Yiwu City, that area is rich in pastures, dense forests, and abundant water sources, is the most abundant resources in Yiwu County, but it is located at the junction of Yiwu and the Western Turks, and the Chuyue people who are loyal to the Western Turks have obtained this fertile land.

Historically, at the end of the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years later, the Shatuo people entered the Central Plains under the leadership of the chief Li Keyong, and set off a bloody storm in the Central Plains, but at this time, the people of the moon were only servants of the Western Turks, to be precise, the people of the moon were not Tiele people, but a distant tribe of the Turkic people, whose status was very low, and was regarded as a slave by the Western Turks, and their chieftain's surname was Zhu Xie, so it was also called Zhu Xie Department.

On a high ground in Shiluo Manshan Mountain, south of the Pu Sea, Su Lie led dozens of his men to retreat here, they were surrounded by 3,000 moon people, and the situation was precarious.

Su Lie was patrolling the southern foothills of Shiluo Man Mountain yesterday morning, and met several fleeing Sogdian merchants, a caravan of them who had come from the Western Turks, and was robbed by the Chuyue people at the Pu Shi Sea, killing and wounding dozens of people, robbing them of their belongings and women, and dozens of others fleeing, begging the Sui army to rescue them.

After all, Su Lie was inexperienced, he immediately led his men to Pu Shihai to rescue people, but he was ambushed by a thousand people halfway, killing more than 30 brothers.

At this time, they had no way to retreat, nearly 3,000 moon people surrounded them from three sides, and behind the Sui army was the cliff of Shiluo Manshan.

The biggest advantage of the Sui army is that they are well-equipped, especially the bow and arrow are sharp, and the range can reach 100 steps, while the bow and arrow of the people of the moon are very primitive, even inferior to the Turks, and the range is only about 30 steps.

It was the sharp bows and arrows of more than sixty Sui soldiers that made the people of the moon not dare to act rashly and wait for the opportunity to get dark.

This highland covers an area of about two acres, like a platform protruding from the mountainside, and more than 80 steps away is the reckless black pine forest, where 3,000 moonmen hide like wolves, patiently waiting for the night to fall.

The high ground is rocky, giving the Sui army a good ambush hiding conditions, more than 60 Sui soldiers with bows and arrows hidden behind the stones, they have repelled the enemy's attack three times in a row, the hillside is full of hundreds of corpses, but their arrows are running out.

Su Lie sat on a big rock, his expression was depressed, his eyes were full of remorse, it was his credulity that caused more than 30 brothers to die, the general attacked Yiwu country, without injuring a single soldier, and he died 33 people in one patrol, let him go back How to explain to the general? What's more important is whether they can go back alive.

He punched himself in the face and scolded: "Damn Su Lie, who made you so impulsive and gullible, even if you kill yourself, you will kill your brothers!" ”

Shen Guang jumped lightly, turned over, and said with a smile: "Before the last moment, does the captain want to be loyal to the country?" ”

Although Su Lie was usually extremely disgusted with Shen Guang's oiliness and frivolity, at this time, Shen Guang's oiliness gave him an indescribable sense of intimacy, which made a trace of warmth well-up in his cold and desperate heart.

Su Lie sighed, "As soon as it gets dark, the people of the moon are about to attack, it is estimated that none of us will survive, Shen Guang, if you can escape, you go and tell the general, I, Su Lie, have lived up to his expectations." ”

At this time, the smile on Shen Guang's face disappeared and became very serious, he looked at Su Lie and said, "Captain Su, your attitude determines the life and death of sixty-seven brothers, if even you don't have faith, then everyone is dead." ”

Su Lie's face was full of shame, and Shen Guang's words also aroused the arrogance in his heart, and he bowed to Shen Guang deeply, "It's me who is too cowardly, thank you Brother Shen!" ”

Shen Guang smiled again and said, "It's not okay to say thank you, you have to invite me to drink after you return to the capital." ”

"Good! I've had enough of you. ”

Shen Guang jumped onto the mountain rock, picked up the two stones as wine jugs and wine glasses, pretended to pour himself a drink, smacked his lips and praised: "Good wine!" It's actually Dali Pu wine. ”

His funny actions made the nervous soldiers laugh, Su Lie cheered up, and said to more than sixty soldiers: "Brothers, if we wait until night, we will definitely be wiped out, we will break through now, and if we can live, one will be counted as one!" ”

"Listen to the captain's orders!"

Shen Guang jumped onto his horse, pulled out his sword and waved, "I'll rush to the front." ”

More than 60 soldiers cheered up and mounted their horses one after another, at this time, the people of the moon who were hiding in the pine forest saw the Sui army's attempt to break through, they blew the bone whistle to warn, and more than 3,000 people who were resting in the moon jumped up, quickly put on leather armor, held swords, and prepared to fight.

The leader of the army who led this month was called Zhu Xiezi, the younger brother of the chief of the month department, the Sui army captured Yiwu, which had little to do with them, as long as the Sui army did not cross the Luo Man Mountain, they would not provoke the Sui army, and they had nothing to do with each other for two months, but a few days ago, they received an order from the Western Turks to shoot the Khan, ordering the Yue Department to attack the Sui army with all their might, and be sure to annihilate the Sui army that occupied Yiwu, and allow the Wusun people to be slaves to them.

This order made the Zhuyue Department excited, and Zhu Xiezi was also sent by the great chief to annihilate the Sui army patrol posts, and he used the Sogdians as bait to successfully attract 100 Sui army patrol posts, preparing to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Zhu Xiezi is also very familiar with the weather in this area, after dark, there will definitely be a rain here, in the rain, the Sui army's bows and arrows will not be able to use, then it is a good opportunity for them to attack.

At this time, Zhu Xiezi also saw that the Sui army was showing signs of breaking through, and he immediately ordered, "The army prepares bows and arrows and shoots the Sui army's horses first!" ”

The three thousand moon troops raised their bows and arrows one after another, aiming at the Sui army that was about to rush down the hillside, Zhu Xiezi had also touched the weakness of this Sui army, although the Sui army had armor and shields, but their war horses were not blocked, and if they shot the horses first, people would not be able to run away.

Three thousand bows and arrows were drawn at the same time, but at this moment, there was a great chaos behind the Moon Army, and a black-robed army of more than 1,000 people suddenly killed, like a sharp knife, stabbing behind the Moon Army, killing the Moon Army on his back, the man in black was majestic, brave and abnormal, he covered his face with a black scarf, his eyes were sharp, and he made a horse lance, a horse galloping in the woods, and everywhere he went, corpses were everywhere.

The Moon Man was so frightened that he shouted, "The black horse thief is here!" The dark horse thief is coming! ”

They scattered and fled, Zhu Xiezi also frowned, this horse thief has only risen in recent years, black clothes and black scarves, active in the area of Yibohai, Atami and Jinshan, fierce and abnormal, is the thorn of the henchmen of the Western Turks, the horse thieves are complex, the Turks, the Tiele people, the Wusun people, the Sogdians have, and there are even a few Han people, and it is rumored that their leader is a Han person.

Although the black horse thief is fierce, he has never come to Luo Manshan's side, today they actually appeared, Zhu Xiezi also knew that his three thousand people were not the opponent of the black horse thief, he glanced at Sui Jun unwillingly, and had to wave his hand, "Withdraw!" ”

The Chu Yue army quickly fled to the east, and fled to clean in a moment, Su Lie led more than sixty Sui troops to look dumbfounded, the strength of this black-clothed cavalry is not overwhelming the most elite Sui army, who are they?

"Who are you?" Su Lie rushed forward with a knife and shouted.

The majestic black-clothed leader drew a wild duck feather arrow, inserted a letter, shot an arrow, and laughed in Chinese: "I am an old friend of your General Yang, please forward this letter to him!" ”

As soon as he waved his hand, more than a thousand black horse thieves turned their horses around and left, disappearing without a trace like a gust of wind.

Su Lie looked at their backs and was stunned, this leader was obviously a Han Chinese, who was he?

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