"This is Talus?"

Wei Boyu was lying on a rock, panting, looking south.

The guide was already too tired to look like this, and nodded: "Talas, Talas......"

Wei Boyu felt that his tears were about to flow out, and he finally saw Talas, and the past seven days were like a sea of swords, making his life worse than death.

High mountains, ice and snow, deserts, mosquitoes, thirst, hunger, in these seven days, their small team of less than 1,000 people overcame too many difficulties. These difficulties were something he had never thought of, and being able to persevere was something he did not expect at all.

There were 1,000 people at the time of departure, but at this time there were only about 810 people left, and without a single battle, they lost nearly 200 troops due to various difficulties. In this process, Wei Boyu thought more than once that he would give up and forget it, at most go back to continue to be his unknown general, not taken seriously, but he was unwilling: Ye Chang told him that if he could complete this task, then he and his people would go down in history, not inferior to Ban Chao and Chen Tang

Relying on this alone, it is impossible to support them through such a difficult trek, and Ye Chang's promise: no matter whether they succeed or fail, whether they live or die, they and their families will receive a sixty-year annuity from the Anton Chamber of Commerce, which will not be less than thirty yuan per year - not much money, but for some people, it is enough to ⊥ them sell their lives.

A cheap life, don't say that every Chinese New Year's Eve, ten or twenty times a year, it is enough to ⊥ some people to sell their lives.

And now, the goal of his trip, the city of Talas, is in sight.

At this point, it means that no matter whether they can take Talas down or not, their annuity of thirty years every Chinese New Year's Eve will not be less. Wei Boyu believed in Ye Chang's promise very much, this Ye Zhongcheng had just arrived in Anxi, and he used two heads to prove that he was a person who said the same. This kind of character, it is better to believe in his promises.

After gasping for breath for a long time and feeling that his strength had recovered somewhat, Wei Boyu raised the telescope hanging around his neck and began to observe the situation in the city.

Telescopes are a good thing, because Ye Chang deliberately kept it secret, until now, they are still scarce, and they are a sharp weapon when he is marching. This time Wei Boyu's expedition was very adventurous, so Ye Chang gave him a telescope.

"The city is still the flag of the Stone Kingdom, and the military camp outside is very large, but there is no movement of people...... There are many flags, and it seems that all the countries in the river have them...... It seems that Ye Zhongcheng didn't call, either the big cannibal didn't hit the plan, or he ......"

Wei Boyu's heart jumped suddenly, if according to Ye Chang's plan in advance, the Tang army should win now, counterattack under the city of Talas, and even capture Talas, but now it is very quiet here, which proves that Ye Chang did not fight. There are two possibilities, one is that Ye Chang gave up the plan, and the other is that Ye Chang was defeated, no matter which possibility it was, it meant that his mission on this trip failed.

He muttered and cursed, feeling uneasy in his heart, if Ye Chang's entire army was defeated, wouldn't their small army, which was deep behind enemy lines, have to return the same way? If this is the case, the problem is big, they have penetrated more than 100 miles into the enemy's territory, without any rest, and their physical strength cannot support them at all.

"If there is any accident, I promise you the right to be arbitrary, you can decide what you do, Boyu, for the general, the most important thing is to adapt, we can't consider everything perfectly, at this time, we need to show the ability to adapt."

The words Ye Chang said when he said goodbye to him rang in Wei Boyu's ears, Wei Boyu squinted, and then his eyes became fierce.

He was in Gao Xianzhi's hands, depressed, Gao Xianzhi didn't give him any chance at all, he wanted to go home and find another opportunity. Now, isn't the opportunity here, but to seize this opportunity, he needs to risk his life - since they have come to Anxi and eat this big spoonful of rice with bloody knives, how can they be afraid of the danger of their lives?

"Listen to it all......" he stood up half-crouched and summoned the leader of his men to his head, his voice firm.

At the same time, in the tax construction city, Gao Xianzhi also lowered his voice, but said the same thing firmly: "Listen to me"

In front of Gao Xianzhi, there was the silent Li Siye, and dozens of Tianwei Army sergeants. They looked at Gao Xianzhi with different expressions.

"I, I am the imperial court's envoy, the envoy of the Anxi Festival, I am the marshal here" Gao Xianzhi glanced at everyone: "I want to see Ye Chang now, if you dare to stop it, the military law will deal with it"

With his words, more than a dozen cronies who followed him all pulled out their waist knives. The piercing sharpness of the iron scraping makes people's teeth tingle and makes people's hearts cold.

Li Juan was still smiling, but his gaze was also cold at this time.

After seeing Ye Chang clean up Zheng Dequan and Bi Sichen in Anxi, he understood that the feud between Ye Chang and Gao Xianzhi was over, and the two of them would definitely not coexist in Anxi, and the imperial court would inevitably transfer one of them. And since Ye Chang has set up an Anxi Chamber of Commerce, he has tied up the interests of the entire Anxi army, unless Gao Xianzhi's cronies are close friends, the rest of the people will only support Ye Chang

In such a situation, he had no choice but not to take sides.

After having this realization, he did not hesitate to stand on Ye Chang's side, and because of Li Bai, he was also very trusted in Ye Chang's hands, and Ye Chang handed over some internal affairs to him to take care of. For example, how to control Gao Xianzhi is his task.

After Gao Xianzhi fled back to the city of Shui Jiancheng, he was generally safe, but today's fierce battle outside the city probably stimulated him, and he jumped up again. Maybe in his opinion, this is a very good opportunity.

After all, when it comes to fighting in this plateau and mountainous area, Gao Xianzhi is the number one famous general in Datang, even his predecessor Meng Lingcha, and there are many inferiors.

"Doctor Gao, we all act according to orders, don't make it difficult for us." Li Juan said slowly: "Doctor Gao wants to see Ye Zhongcheng, we have already sent someone to report it, and you have also seen people go over, as for whether Ye Zhongcheng sees Doctor Gao or not, it is not up to those of us who listen to the call to decide." ”

"You've said this kind of bullshit many times, you can't call the shots, then get out of the way, don't get in my way. Do you think that now that you have climbed the high branches, the sword in the hand of this commander will not be able to kill you? Gao Xianzhi's eyes were murderous, and the green tendons on his hands were raised, proving that he had made up his mind.

"Didn't Doctor Gao already kill the friendly troops that stood in your way on the way from Talas back to Tax City, and it would not be a big deal to kill a subordinate like me who had never made a mistake." Li Xuan's expression was still very calm, after all, in front of him, there were several Tianwei army guards, and outside the house, there were dozens of crossbowmen, Gao Xianzhi really dared to kill him, then these Tianwei Jian'er dared to kill Gao Xianzhi

His words turned Gao Xianzhi's bruised tendons from his hands to his forehead, Gao Xianzhi turned his face sideways and glanced at Li Siye, as long as Li Siye helped him, he had the confidence to break through the Tianwei Jian'er in the house and break into the house under house arrest.

As long as he can break out, he is convinced that after he enters the Anxi army camp, those soldiers who are envoys of Anxi will still be loyal to him after he gives an order.

The key is to rely on Li Siye's bravery.

Li Siye's hand holding the Mo Dao trembled slightly, Gao Xianzhi's gaze, of course he saw it, Gao Xianzhi's meaning, he also understood.

Even before Li Juan was brought out by the trouble just now, Gao Xianzhi's words still echoed in his heart.

"As long as I enter the army of Anxi Town, I will be invincible, after all, I am the imperial court to order Anxi Jiedu

Heiye, help me get out today, and tomorrow I will play the court and introduce you as a deputy envoy"

Li Siye was very excited about this position, as a military general, becoming the deputy envoy of Jiedu meant that he was only one step away from the feudal domain town with the highest military general.

And...... Gao Xianzhi has some support in the DPRK

This is the key, whether the position of these border generals is stable, to see whether their subordinates are close, and secondly, to see whether there is the support of bigwigs in the DPRK and China. Ye Chang originally had some support in the court, his father-in-law Li Linfu used to be the minister of power in the Tang Dynasty, but now he may not, otherwise how could he be like a pastemaker, who was ordered by the emperor to run around, and let him plug the hole where there is?

When Li Siye was weighing, he suddenly heard a laugh outside: "Ha Lu Ha ......"

The laughter was hearty and bright, full of confidence, and then, Ye Chang walked in under the escort of Shanzhi, Wang Yang'er, Li Sheng and others.

"Ye Chang" Gao Xianzhi frowned, staring at Ye Chang with blazing eyes.

This is the first time the two have met after Qiuzi, although Gao Xianzhi has fled back to the tax city for a few days, and Ye Chang has been here for nearly three days, but during this time, the two have never seen each other.

"Didn't Doctor Gao just say that he wanted to see me, and now that he has seen me, why hasn't he spoken for a long time?" Ye Changdao.

"Now that you are dying, if you want to live, obey my command," Gao Xianzhi said.

He was amazing, Ye Chang didn't expect him to say such a thing, and he was stunned one by one. Ye Chang raised his eyebrows and said with interest: "Death is coming?" I don't know where Dr. Gao started with this? ”

"The big cannibals are attacking with all their might, although you have won a small victory today, but you have never competed with the big food headquarters at all, and you have never seen the strength of the big food army array" Gao Xianzhi recalled the fierce battle under the city of Talas, somewhat painful: "This is not the remnants of the Khitan in Liaodong that were crippled by An Lushan, nor the wild monkeys in Yunnan that can only roar and jump in the mountains and forests, you can't take advantage"

What did Dr. Gao say...... Could it be that you can't handle it? I remember, just five days ago, Doctor Gao suffered a fiasco under Talas City, if it wasn't for Ye Zhongcheng leading the army to arrive, I'm afraid that he would have fled back to Green Ridge alone by now, right? Ye Chang didn't respond, but Li Juan sneered.

"Confucianism knows how powerful" Gao Xianzhi shouted angrily, after all, he is a tiger general, although he is now in the hands of Ye Chang, but under this anger, Li Juan was taken aback, and involuntarily retreated, almost hitting the Tianwei athlete behind him.

"After thinking about it for a few days, the old man has a strategy to break the enemy, and the humiliation of Talas must be shameful" Gao Xianzhi glared at Ye Chang angrily: "Ye Chang, do you really want to let tens of thousands of soldiers accompany you to die?" ”

"Haha

Ye Chang looked Gao Xianzhi up and down and shook his head.

He really didn't know what Gao Xianzhi thought, at this time, he actually wanted to seize the military power from him, and he wanted to rely on this three-inch incorruptible tongue to seize the military power.

Do you look so stupid?

Gao Xianzhi stared at him, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Ye Chang, you are wrong, my words are not said to you."

"Oh?"

"Li Sheng, you are from the Tianwei Army, Bai Xiaode, you are the brave general of my Anxi Army, you have all been in the frontier for a long time, and you know the priorities of the matter. The dispute between me and Ye Chang is not only for the sake of the two of us, but for the sake of your life, although I have lost a small defeat in Talus, but when it comes to fighting on this plateau and mountain, can he Ye Chang compare to me? Now the Great Food Army has the advantage, almost twice the supply advantage of our army, they can support the fight for two or three months, we can hold up to ten days and a half months The morale is superior, the Great Food Sergeant has the victory of Talas, and they are willing to use their lives The most important thing, the Great Food General Qi Yad is the general in his army, and his battlefield command ability is better than Ye Chang's ability to turn the tide at this time, it is none other than me, if you want to live, you must

Ye Chang suddenly realized that Gao Xianzhi was actually playing this abacus

His purpose was not to persuade Ye Chang to hand over the military power, but to shake the officers and soldiers of the Tianwei and Anxi armies who now supported Ye Chang, and strive to win them over. He calculated that Ye Chang dared to put him under house arrest but did not dare to kill him, so he made this fight, as long as any of these people wavered slightly, Ye Chang had to be suppressed, and the result of the bullet pressure would definitely lead to left and right centrifugation.

It's just that his abacus is too satisfying.

Ye Chang swept his eyes and couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Li Siye next to him with a cramped expression.

It seems that although Li Siye still has some respect for Gao Xianzhi's old superiors, he didn't tell the truth completely, so Gao Xianzhi didn't accurately estimate the situation, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a mistake.

Gao Xianzhi finished speaking at this time, waiting for the reaction of the generals with great anticipation, in his opinion, Ye Chang almost came to Anxi alone, although he didn't know how to get the support of the Tianwei Army, but this support was limited after all, and the main force of the Anxi Army should still listen to him, the envoy of the Anxi Festival.

But what surprised and frightened him was that the generals who listened to his words, whether they were the Anxi Army or the Tianwei Army, had strange expressions

I want to laugh but don't dare to laugh, contempt, mockery, and a hint of pity.

"What do you mean by that?" Gao Xianzhi said: "Don't you still understand......

"Doctor, don't talk about it." Li Siye, who really couldn't stand it, finally couldn't stand it, stopped Gao Xianzhi, and said with a guilty face: "Doctor, take the humiliation in vain, why bother? ”

"What do you mean to take humiliation in vain, in the Anxi army, there are still my cronies......"

"Zheng Dequan is brutal and unkind, and he has been killed by our army to calm the hearts of the army. Bi Sichen was corrupt and perverted the law, and was sent to Chang'an for punishment. Your cronies? Ye Chang sneered: "You have been in Anxi for many years, you have countless fields and mansions in your own home, but the soldiers below are so poor that they only have one set of clothes in winter and summer, you are searching for gold, silver and gems in various countries, but the soldiers below are cold and hungry and difficult to see, just like you, there are also cronies."

"What?"

"Li Siye, report the situation in Anxi to Dr. Gao, so that he can be sober and sober, and don't make any more heart breaks." Ye Chang didn't bother to pay attention to him: "Time is faster, in another hour, I will have a military order, if you don't arrive, military law will be engaged"