The wind poured in, blowing and swaying the colorful silk silk silk that hung on the long pole, making them seem to be out of the realm of goods and goods, and turned into beautiful curtains. Xue Chongxun looked at the delicate baby who was still panting in his arms, her long hair scattered messily sprinkled on his legs, and a wisp of green silk on her forehead was stained with sweat on her skin, pitiful.

Murong Yan lay on his lap and muttered tiredly, "I'm so tired, if only I could sleep here for a while." ”

Xue Chongxun tugged at the white fur coat that was draped over her body, covering her smooth shaved shoulders, "Or don't go." ”

"Hmm......" Murong Yan didn't seem to hear what he was saying, so she responded casually and didn't move while lying on her stomach. After a while, her breathing became even and heavy, like a lazy cat...... It's like falling asleep.

Xue Chongxun couldn't help but be stunned. This silk village is a strange place, there is almost no security, and she can sleep in such a place?

Probably because Xue Chongxun is by her side, she has a sense of security and dependence?

He stretched out his hand to wake Murong Yan up, but his hand stopped in mid-air for a moment, but he still grabbed her arm and shook it gently. She opened her eyes and looked blankly: "What's wrong?" ”

"You can't sleep here, get dressed first."

"Oh...... Right. Murong Yan finally reacted.

The two dressed separately. Hearing a small sound of metal rubbing, Xue Chongxun quickly buckled the silver hook of his belt, took the bag, jade pendant, seven things and other things from the ground next to him in turn and hung them, and then lifted the scabbard and put it on his waist, and pulled the garment to put it on. Seeing that Murong Yan had just put on her robe, all kinds of belts and complicated headdresses on her body were messy, and it was even more troublesome for her to wear clothes.

Xue Chongxun found a place to sit down and wait. Not to mention that the Xianbei costumes worn by Murong Yan are quite tasteful, although they are not as luxurious and gorgeous as the floor-dragging long skirts of the Tang Dynasty court, but the narrow sleeves and narrow waist wrap the woman's figure, which makes Xue Chongxun think of the cheongsam of old Shanghai in a trance.

She tied her belt in style, and when she twisted her body to look back, every movement was so gentle and elegant, which filled Xue Chongxun's heart with softness and beauty, full of feminine beauty.

"Don't go." Xue Chongxun reluctantly said again.

Murong Yan was a little sober at this time, and finally understood Xue Chongxun's words, her fingers suddenly paused, her expression darkened, and after a while, she continued to clean herself up.

Xue Chongxun also fell silent. Maybe he was just tempted, but he couldn't make up his mind himself, otherwise he could just do it without asking Murong Yan, even if she complained about being stubborn, but there was no way to change it.

Murong Yan bit her lip lightly and shook her head.

Xue Chongxun said again: "In that case, we will be separated tomorrow, the mountains are high and the road is far away, maybe it will be difficult to see each other in this life...... I really can't see it. ”

Murong Yan turned her head to look at the sunny window, her eyes sparkling with distinction. At this time, Xue Chongxun saw her fingers and pinched her collar tightly, harder than she grabbed something at high tide. But she didn't make a sound now, she didn't say anything, and it was very quiet.

"As long as you don't leave, I'll take care of the rest." Xue Chongxun said in a calm tone. He is calm on the surface, but he actually has no bottom in his heart. What is the difference between saying this before being prepared and determined and taking one step at a time?

Maybe it's because he knows that Murong Yan won't agree, so he keeps it like this? Xue Chongxun's heart tingled.

At this moment, I saw that Murong Yan's eyes suddenly showed a resolute look, and he suddenly turned his head to look directly at Xue Chongxun, but in an instant, it dimmed again, his gaze wandered, and he looked away.

"I still don't want it......" her tears finally slipped quietly down her cheeks, "I can't be so selfish and put my brothers and sisters in danger, let alone let the Murong family completely lose its prestige and be spurned by the clan, and there is no place for it." ”

Xue Chongxun was silent for a while and said, "Then you go first, I'll go out later." ”

"Hmm." Murong Yan answered, looked left and right and found a bronze mirror, then sat down and cleaned up the things in her hair again, and was busy for a while before standing up and walking out the door.

At this time, Xue Chongxun said again: "I will give an explanation to Zhang Wulang, the chief general of the Jiannan Army, and ask him to cooperate with the Murong clan." You can trust him, if the Khan King has any strategy, he can conspire with Zhang Wulang. ”

Murong Yan turned around and smiled: "I'll see you at the dinner later." ”

……

Sending off the Tuyuhun mission, the breath of spring gradually descended on Shanzhou. When the ice and snow on the surface of the Huangshui water melted, Xue Chongxun thought that Chang'an at this time was already in full bloom.

The winter on the right side of Longyou is longer than that in the Guannai.

Bureaucrats at all levels in Shanzhou are busy with their own business. Yuwen Xiao is really usable, from all kinds of clues, he found out the people who were stabbing Gu Hun and Fulu. These men were the Assassins sent by the city of Raksha, in order to prevent Tuyuhun from attacking Stone Fort City with a single attack.

As the only Tubo State that can confront the Tang Dynasty, it has been competing with the Tang army for a long time on the vast border lines of the Western Regions, Hexi, Longyou, and Jiannan, which is incomparable to any race around the Tang Dynasty, whether it is Turkic or Xi, it is a little friction with the Tang Dynasty from time to time in a corner. Only Tubo competed with the Tang Dynasty for living space in a large area, and the two countries lost each other's strengths and consumed each other. Of course, Tubo did not want to see the Tang Dynasty borrow the strength of Tuyuhun to kill people with a knife, and the result was that Tubo might lose the vital Shibao City, but it did not consume the strength of the Tang Dynasty. Under such circumstances, sending a small group of assassins to sabotage the peace talks is not easy to succeed, but the advantage is that the cost is low and the results are great.

They first sporadically entered Longyou from the border, and then assembled and then took control of a temple outside the city to get in touch with Xizuo lurking in Shanzhou. Under the guise of holding a funeral at home, those who worked in fine hands had a legal identity and a proper livelihood, concealed the city gate guards, invited the monks of the temple to the city to do things, and then attacked the palace at night.

The ins and outs of the matter were clear, and Yu Wenxiao also found a lot of real evidence. Of course, Xue Chongxun packed the evidence and delivered it to Chang'an together with the recital...... Relations between the two countries became increasingly tense, and the Tang Dynasty had to take the opportunity to issue an edict to condemn the guilty, and gather the armies of all ethnic groups within the alliance system of the Heavenly Khan to launch a second war against Tibet, attacking Shibao City.

In May of the second year of Changyuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty called on all ethnic groups in the west, and the coalition army was assembled, claiming that 200,000 people surrounded Shibao City from all sides, and quickly cut off the Tubo forces on the periphery.

But the so-called coalition army has been nonsense since ancient times, and there must be one country as the main battle force, and then others will follow to play soy sauce, and the matter can stand up. This time, the protagonists are not the Tang Army, but the Tuyuhun people, who dispatched the main force in accordance with the peace agreement to serve as the main attack and death mission.

The Tang Dynasty only dispatched about 8,000 people from the Jiannan Army, and the main force of Longyou Guanjian, which was arranged on the front line of Jishi Mountain, did not move at all. On the battlefield, swords and guns were played, and politics was played in the Tang Dynasty. As the head of the Tang Army's march, Xue Chongxun was even darker, not only did he not want to transfer troops to fight, but he also wanted to share a big credit.

Xue Chongxun put the main force of the Jiannan Army on the bank of the Huangshui River, and then transported a large number of gunpowder balls from the river, as well as a giant assembly catapult. In addition to the gunpowder stuffed with poor ingredients (no way, Xue Chongxun didn't know how to purify saltpeter and other raw materials), there were also arsenic, sulfur, vicious, arsenic, grass head black, croton and other things, anyway, whatever was poisonous was stuffed. After mixing into a sphere, it is then mashed and mixed with six materials such as old paper, hemp skin, and asphalt, and then mixed into a paste and applied to the surface...... This became the Tang Dynasty's version of chemical weapons.

When the army on the periphery of the stone fort city came one after another, if according to the previous combat methods, no matter how many people could not put their strength out, they could only go up in turn to die, and tens of thousands of people died, and the enemy soldiers in the stone fort were exhausted to capture the city. Now Xue Chongxun does not plan to use people, but wants to use "chemical weapons" against the Tubo people.

The leaders rode around the castle, chose a place under the cliff behind the castle, a slightly smaller distance in a straight line, and then carried the catapult over and loaded it with stones to throw...... Unfortunately, the range is not enough.

It's a pity that there is no Hongyi cannon, where did Xue Chongxun see that the Hongyi cannon can hit several miles away, and that thing has enough range to deal with the stone castle on the cliff......

The staff came up with a way to build a dirt hill by the water under the cliff, and then put the catapult up to shorten the throwing distance. But how high is the mound? Shanzhou Governor Shi Wang Changling looked everywhere for files about Shibao City, but he couldn't find the exact height of this cliff, so he could only visually inspect it? That's a big error.

There are enemy soldiers on it, and it is naturally impossible to measure it on the spot.

Gong Cao, a priest surnamed Zhao, said that construction could not begin until the exact height of the cliff. Because how high the earth mountain to build is related to how wide the foundation is. If there is no accurate height, it will be in vain if the height is not enough; And the foundation is too wide, and it is too wasteful of manpower.

At this time, Xue Chongxun patted his head and said happily: "The height of the cliff is left to me." ”

Everyone is curious, what method does this Weiguo Gong use to measure the height? Xue Chongxun was confident and immediately recruited a few carpenters to assist. There are all kinds of craftsmen on site, carpenters, blacksmiths, bricklayers, and nothing short...... It's not a battlefield, it's like a construction site.

Xue Chongxun first asked the carpenter to make a wooden protractor with the tools in their hands. This thing has a simple structure, and it is not difficult to make it under the guidance of Xue Chongxun, but the accuracy of the protractor may not be very ideal.

After the tools were ready, he chose a flat piece of land, prepared bamboo poles and other things, and began to work. At this time, there were a lot of officials and generals around, and they all ran over curiously to see the strangeness, and it was very lively for a while. G