In the spring, the water of Lake Harry is not crystal clear, and the melting of the snow and ice brings an abundance of water, making the lake as green as grass, and the lake is floating with dead grass left over from winter and leaves blowing from the distant mountain fields.

On a meadow about 200 paces away on the western shore of Lake Harry, the Western Turks set up more than 100 tents, and more than 1,000 Western Turkic cavalrymen were busy packing their belongings.

At this time, on the surface of the lake not far from the camp, a reed pipe and a pile of dead grass were slowly approaching the camp, and several Turkic soldiers who were fetching water by the lake, none of them noticed the pile of leaves on the surface of the water, which obviously had artificial traces.

The Turkic soldiers walked away with their jugs of water and laughing, when a pair of small eyes glittered under the haystack, blinking and blinking, carefully observing the horses tied to the tent and the busy Turkic soldiers.

He is proficient in the water of the fat fish, his father is the boat doctor in Luoshui, perennial driving a small boat to walk on the river surface of the Central Plains, it is the years of life on the boat, so that the fat fish has a body of water since childhood.

Like a fat fish, he crossed Lake Harry to find out the intelligence of the Western Turks, and after counting the number of people, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, 'His grandmother's is actually three times more numerous than them, and they are all fine wool tents, and there are a few people who roast whole sheep outside the tent, and they are better treated than them.' ’

At this time, Fat Fish saw Shi Shu Hu Xi leave the Turkic camp, and a Turkic nobleman handed over the full skin bag to Shi Shu Hu Xi, Shi Shu Hu Xi repeatedly refused, and finally accepted it.

Fat Fish secretly wondered, 'Is this guy taking bribes?' It looks a bit like that. ’

At this moment, the fat fish's little eyes widened, and there was a look of fear in his eyes, and a small blue-green water snake swam in front of his eyes, and the water snake suddenly turned around, spitting out red letters, and swam towards his mouth, and the fat fish, who had been afraid of snakes since childhood, was so frightened that his heart was about to break, 'Goo! He swallowed a mouthful of water and fled in panic.

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Yang Yuanqing returned to his tent, and Fat Fish also happened to come back, he had changed into dry clothes and reported his findings to Yang Yuanqing.

"There are about a thousand of them, all of them are tall and very brave, all of them are dressed in armor, and the bows and arrows used are the same as those of our Sui army, and there are about a hundred tents in the camp."

An important clue was found from the details, and only the Khan's guards in the Turks had armor, which means that Datou is also likely to come, Yang Yuanqing asked again: "Is there a sentry nearby?" ”

"Yes, they are all fixed posts, about four people in each direction, about a mile away from the camp."

Yang Yuanqing took out a ground drawing paper used by scouts, and sketched it on the paper with charcoal, outlining the locations of the Western Turks and the outposts.

"How did they set up camp, is there a pattern?"

"It seems to be the Plum Blossom Battalion!" Fat Fish scratched his head, he wasn't sure about this.

The plum blossom camp is the main tent in the middle, and the other tents are distributed around like petals, but Yang Yuanqing stopped the charcoal, his eyes were raised, and his sharp gaze stared at the fat fish, "Like?" Are you sure? ”

The fat fish grinned, and the little green snake interrupted his observation, and he didn't notice the shape of the other party's camp.

"It should be!" He said with a sad face.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and shook his head, he has always been strict with his subordinates and does not like this kind of ambiguous information.

Fat Yu was ashamed in his heart, and said to Yang Yuanqing again: "Otherwise, my subordinates will go again." ”

Yang Yuanqing didn't answer him, he quickly sketched out the location of the camp tent, and asked, "What is the interval between the camp tents?" ”

"This subordinate can see clearly, the distance is very close, and there is only about a foot between the tents."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, it doesn't matter if it's a plum blossom tent or not, what matters is the spacing.

"What else is there?"

"And ....."

The fat fish scratched his head, and suddenly remembered something again: "I also saw that Shi Shu Huxi, in the Western Turk camp, it seems that he has accepted the heavy gift of the Western Turks." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, this information was almost there, and at this time, the voices of Wei Chiwan and Kang Bas came from outside the tent, "General, we are back!" ”

"Come in!"

Yu Chiwan and Kang Ba walked in with a tent curtain, and Kang Bas's face was full of joy, and he could see that his porcelain vase had been sold for a good price, and he was satisfied.

Seeing the embarrassment on the fat fish's face, Yu Chiwan sat down, touched him with his arm, teased him and smiled: "What, did you encounter a snake in the water, or a scorpion in the grass?" Such a mess! ”

"Nonsense! When did I get scared of snakes, I just didn't notice the Western Turks camping. ”

Kang Bas took out a small bottle and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, "General, this is for you!" ”

"What is this?"

"This is a strong poison, our hometown is called Papamu, it is extracted from a kind of red snake in the Khorezm desert, only a little bit, immediately see blood to seal the throat, it is said to be the most poisonous medicine in the world."

When the fat fish heard that it was snake venom, his face changed in fright, and he immediately moved two steps to the side, Yang Yuanqing took the bottle and asked curiously, "Where did you get it?" ”

"What I bought from a Sogdian woman in Shi Guo is Shi Shu Huxi's wife, who she has just brought from Sogdia."

Yang Yuanqing's heart moved, could it be used to deal with Princess Yicheng?

"General, there's one more thing."

Kang Bas said worriedly: "That woman of Shi Guo asked me to leave you immediately, saying that I was worried about my life with you, and I listened to her, as if the Western Turks had made some conditions to ask for your head." ”

Yang Yuanqing slowly paced in the big tent with his hands behind his back, judging from all indications, the Western Turks were likely to start tonight and could not be delayed any longer.

"Wei Chi!"

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing said to Wei Chiwan: "You take fifty brothers to protect the princess, the Western Turks may kill the princess tonight, you can't be careless." ”

"General, I'll go too!" Fat Fish was worried about Wei Chi's safety.

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "You don't have to go, I have more important tasks for you tonight." ”

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Su Lie has been silent since the Yellow Sheep incident three days ago, he rarely speaks, like a shadow attached to the army, he has been arrogant since he was a child, since he was ten years old, he has walked the world with a bow and a sword, and has never met an opponent, but he met Yang Yuanqing in Biansai, Yang Yuanqing is only one year older than him, but Su Lie feels that there is a difference of 108,000 miles between them, the kind of temperament honed by a hundred battles on the battlefield, the prestige among the soldiers and the grassland people, and his strong martial arts, all far surpass himself, which makes Su Lie stunned, He felt his own insignificance.

Since noon, he has been sitting by the river, staring blankly at the river, and a dozen soldiers are not far behind him to compete in martial arts and practice swords, but he also turns a blind eye and turns a deaf ear.

"Why are you always so worried these days?" Yang Yuanqing smiled and sat down beside him.

"Nothing, just a little homesick." Su Lie said with a bitter smile.

"You..... Have you started a family? ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and asked, in Dasui, it is normal for a woman to marry at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and a man to marry at the age of fourteen or fifteen.

Su Lie shook his head, "I didn't have a family, and I don't want to start a family. ”

Yang Yuanqing understood his ambition, he patted Su Lie's shoulder and smiled: "Now there is a chance to fight on the battlefield, do you want it?" ”

Su Lie's eyes lit up, and he looked back at Yang Yuanqing, "You won't lie to me, right?" ”

"What am I lying to you for?."

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "If you want to, go back and prepare now, just tonight." ”

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About two miles south of the Turkic camp, there is a flat meadow, different from other meadows, this meadow stands hundreds of straw targets and hundreds of wooden stakes, here is the training ground of the Turkic tribe, every morning, more than 1,000 young Turkic warriors gallop here, practice sword riding and archery, but in the afternoon, it is generally very quiet.

At this time, it was already dusk, but there was a burst of horses' hooves running in the usually quiet martial arts training ground, and from time to time someone was shouting loudly and screaming, in the martial arts training ground, the warrior Utu was holding a long knife in his hand, and he was crazy in the martial arts training ground to chop the wooden stake, and his heart was full of shame and grief.

Xue Qiluo wants to come and take away the love of his heart, but he doesn't have the courage to fight with him, no! It's not that he doesn't have courage, it's her tears, her tears doused the fire that burned in his heart, he hated himself for his cowardice and incompetence, and the man's self-esteem made it difficult to suppress the anguish in his heart, and there was nowhere to vent it.

"And you, you're laughing at me too!"

Utu pointed at the hundreds of straw men and cursed, he took off his bow and arrows, and opened his bow and shot at the farthest straw man, but before the arrow arrived, another arrow came from the side like lightning, and the arrow was strong, 'Dang! With a thud, his arrow was intercepted and fired.

Utu was taken aback, turned his head to look, and saw that dozens of steps away, Yang Yuanqing, the leader of the Sui army's guards, was looking at him coldly.

"What do you mean?" Utu was furious, and it was a great shame for anyone whose arrow was shot off in a contest among the Turks.

"If you are still a man, go to Xue Qiluo to duel tonight, and don't vent your anger on the straw man!"

"Do you think I don't want to?"

Yang Yuanqing's words deeply hurt Utu's self-esteem, and he yelled: "I wanted to kill him in my dreams, but, but ....."

"But you're not as good as others, aren't you? But women's tears wear away your courage, don't they? ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head and said in a tone of pity: "Tomorrow morning, Xue Qiluo will propose to your Khan, your woman can only wash her face with tears, and she also knows that you are useless, so her sister came to beg me, begging me to kill Xue Qiluo for you tonight, is this the first warrior under the Qimin Khan?" I can't even keep my own woman, I'm really ashamed of you! ”

After speaking, Yang Yuanqing turned the horse's head, walked away without looking back, walked dozens of steps, only to hear a heart-rending roar behind him, "I don't need your help, I can kill him myself!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, the Turkic people are brave enough, but their brains are still slightly lacking.

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