Inside a humble wing.

Li Dejian sat on the main seat, calmly, calmly chatting with a few people, the shrewdness, calculation and sleek interpretation of the businessman to the fullest, since running the caravan, it can be said that the personality has changed greatly, and the original calm and elegant character has more changes and transparency.

There was a bloody killing outside the restaurant.

Luo Zhang outflanked him from four directions with four hundred people, all of them carrying crossbows, killing people when they saw them, not a word of nonsense, indifferent, domineering, and fierce.

There were only about 400 people who came together, thinking that it was a normal business negotiation, such things had happened in the past, and they didn't care too much, gathered together to chat, and were caught off guard, and by the time they reacted, most of them had already collapsed.

The rest drew their swords and fled in all directions.

But the restaurant was empty all around, there was nowhere to hide, and Luo Zhang's people were surrounded on all sides, so they couldn't escape at all.

As soon as they were shot, the rest of the people fell a lot, and they couldn't stop the fierce crossbow shooting, and they rushed towards the restaurant, but the crossbow was like a maggot on the tarsal bones, and it was like a shadow to kill, and there were few people who rushed into the restaurant.

The restaurant is not big, and there are too many people to show it, Luo Zhang was worried about Li Dejian's safety, so he chased him in with a hundred people, but someone still rushed to the second floor first, knocked on the door of the room and shouted: "My lord, the enemy is attacking!" ”

Until this moment, these people didn't realize that it was a game.

After the Tang Dynasty attacked Gaochang last year, took Xizhou, and Jiaohe City, the military focus was on the northern front, Qitun Chengping, there was no war, and the Turks lived a quiet life for a year, and their vigilance was greatly reduced.

Several leaders didn't see any suspicions about Li Dejian, he was completely a familiar shrewd businessman, and he didn't think much about it, stared at the people who came in and asked in Turkic: "Where is the enemy?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a crossbow flew by, pierced the back of the messenger, and killed him instantly.

"Enemy attack!" Everyone was taken aback and drew their swords.

But everyone was greeted by countless crossbows, and the room was cramped, and there was no way to avoid it.

After a while, these people fell down one after another, each with several crossbows nailed to their bodies, Luo Zhang raised his hand to signal everyone to stop shooting, and looked at Li Dejian: "Are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, it's just in time, it's all solved below?" Li Dejian calmly asked rhetorically, he has experienced strong winds and waves, how can he care about this small scene.

"It's all settled, it's okay, I'll take people to hunt other targets." Luo Zhang said that he hurriedly went downstairs.

Li Dejian got up and tidied up his clothes, looked at the corpses all over the ground, stepped over carefully, went downstairs to the lobby, dared to open a restaurant in this kind of place, the boss was not good at stubble, and he didn't panic, looking at Li Dejian and asking: "Objectively, what is the trouble?" ”

"Your boss is a bit interesting, can you report a number?" Li Dejian found a place to sit down.

"A fake dead person who is tired of the rivers and lakes has no grievances and no hatred, and he will not be killed objectively, right?"

"Hahaha, interesting." Li Dejian smiled, waved his hand, signaled several guards who were nervous to step forward, looked at each other and continued: "There are no more than two kinds of people who are tired of the rivers and lakes, one is a killer, and the other is a dart master, there is no reason for a killer to come to this barren place, but the dart master escorts the caravan back and forth frequently, and the identity of the boss is about to come out, but I think you are more like a spy, a secret spy in the imperial court, right?" Know me? ”

The boss frowned and asked rhetorically, "How do you see that?" ”

"When I first entered the door, you saw my expression a little surprised, it was the reaction of seeing acquaintances, although it was well disguised, but I am sure that it is the first time I have come here, and I have never seen you, and you know me, so it is the most likely that the internal guard is a secret agent." Li Dejian explained calmly.

The boss smiled with relief and solemnly said: "Internal guard secret spy, Liu Si, the director of the Qitun Branch, has seen Lord Li, but I didn't expect Lord Li to come here." ”

"You have two choices, one, tell Chang'an everything here, but you have to die, two, hide the situation, continue to stay here to be your boss, and be the eyes and ears of the protector from now on, to keep you safe, you must know the fall out between the protector and the court, how to choose?"

"Listen to Master Li." The other party is also single.

Li Dejian was a little surprised, and the other party was angry.

The other party smiled bitterly: "It's not a secret, the center of gravity of the imperial court is on the northern front, I have been staying in Qitun for a year, the imperial court has not given a penny of silver, I am afraid that I have forgotten the existence of the brothers, all rely on this restaurant to survive, if Lord Li still does not believe it, there is another reason, my brother Liu San, the general of the forbidden army, once accompanied the protector of the country to quell the chaos in the north, and the protector of the country saved the life of the brother, this point will be known as soon as you check." ”

"This is the best, the garrison will die today, the Lord of the Protector will enter Qitun, and their war horses can also exchange some silver for the sandbank, so it should be a gift for you, but the news can't be leaked." Li Dejian threw down a sentence and strode away.

The boss saluted solemnly and watched Li Dejian leave.

A cook walked out of the kitchen next to him, holding a boning knife in his hand, and asked in a deep voice: "Boss, let's really change the court?" ”

"Old Five, do you say that it is the benevolence and righteousness of the saint, or the benevolence and righteousness of the protector of the country?"

"Naturally, it is the benevolence and righteousness of protecting the country, and no one in Chang'an City knows how to protect the country

Righteousness? Even the common people who helped him pull coal would come out if they were bullied, and they also paid high compensation, and the forbidden army spread, and followed the protector to the battlefield in addition to military salaries, as well as rewards, pensions, etc., as long as they were not, they would make a lot of money when they came back. ”

Boss Liu Qi looked at the other party: "Then who do you say we choose?" ”

"Got it, listen to the boss."

Liu Qi shook his head: "It's better for the brothers to choose for themselves, those who are willing to stay, or brothers, don't be embarrassed if you don't want to stay, but you can't go back, so as not to leak us, leak the news here, you know the rules." ”

"Don't worry, brothers understand."

"You go and deal with it, I have to think about the future, with the ability to protect the country, the Turks will definitely change the sky, and the great opportunity is ahead, and I have seized the brothers to soar." Liu Qi waved his hand to signal the other party to leave, and sat quietly alone, his brows furrowed.

Soon, Liu Qi's brows stretched, and his eyes were full of determination.

……

Li Dejian didn't know Liu Qi's choice, so he took the guards back to the carriage shop, Luo Zhang went to chase the remnants, the carriage and horse shop couldn't be lost, and it didn't take long to see Luo Zhang come back, covered in blood, and asked worriedly: "Injured?" ”

"Other people's blood, you don't know my ability?" Luo Zhang smiled confidently.

"That's good, didn't miss a single person, did you?"

"No, the brothers are still searching from house to house, and a few caravans from Shazhou saw that we were just searching for people, but they also cooperated, and arranged people to patrol around, come and discuss with you, Qitun is taken, we have to have one of us go to the Jinyan tribe, do you go or I go?"

Li Dejian thought for a while and said: "You can't go, in case the news leaks, someone may not be able to stop me from attacking, but it's not appropriate without my plan, let the person who reported the news before go back and wait for the order." ”

"It's fine." Luo Zhang knows that Li Dejian is good at scheming, knows the art of war, although he has also practiced martial arts, but he is too much worse than himself, he can deal with ordinary people, and he will die when he encounters a master.

The person who reported the news was called, Li Dejian gave a word of advice, and the other party wrote them down one by one and hurried back.

Li Dejian looked at Luo Zhang after watching the other party leave: "The owner of the restaurant is called Liu Si, the head of the Qitun branch of the Chang'an Internal Guard, and he has rebelled, and he knows best where there may be remnants." ”

"Great, I'll go find him." Luo Zhang is thorough at one point.

"Wait a minute." Li Dejian shouted: "Those caravans are temporarily detained for a few days to avoid leaking news, but don't make a fuss, maybe they will be used in the future, I estimate that other brothers will arrive one after another tomorrow, food is a problem, and the rest of the garrison will not be returned." ”

"No problem!" Luo Zhang agreed and hurried away.

……

An hour later.

Jinyan tribe, inside the tent.

Qin Huaidao is discussing the food issue with everyone, the Jinyan Department and the Begging Department are not rich, the cattle and sheep are only for the people in the tribe to feed and clothe, and now there are many people, or four meals a day are open to eat, there is a crisis in food, it is impossible to rely on production, and can only rob it.

Everyone discussed who the next tribe would fight, and the one who told the news would return.

When everyone heard that Qitun had taken it, they were immediately overjoyed, and Luo Tong smiled excitedly: "The little rabbit cub is okay, I didn't embarrass Lao Tzu, do you want to bring someone over?" As he spoke, he looked at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao looked at the map, and said after a moment of silence: "Since it has been taken, and there has been no leakage, Qitun will not be in danger for the time being, and we will have no worries for the time being, I want to take the catalogue department first, what do you think?" ”

The catalogue department is on the edge of the Jimo River, and it takes about an hour and a half to go west from the Jinyan Department, and the population of the tribe is about the same as that of the Begging Department, which is considered a medium tribe, with about 5,000 soldiers to fight.

At the beginning, the begging department used sneak attacks, division of troops to lead the enemy, ambushes, and then counter-killing, and other means to take it, and hundreds of people died, and it was not easy to easily take the catalog department, and everyone was silent.

The atmosphere inside the tent suddenly became oppressive.