At the foot of the Siye Peak in the Karakoram Mountains in the upper reaches of the Green Ridge Xiduo River, the first few small streams of the river's source originate from here, and the hooves of the Tang soldiers waded through the flowing water and stopped in front of the mountain.

"Hide all the horses and adjust the bow and crossbow to make sure you can control the strings at all times."

Feng Changqing stood on a large stone with a bamboo tube on his back, stretched out his hand and commanded: "Everyone has chosen a hiding place, and there is still a day to wait." ”

He patted Yu Gou's shoulder, who was full of worry, and followed him towards the cave, while reassuring him: "Don't worry, we arrived here one day ahead of schedule, just to prevent Zonglu from trapping beasts and vicious dogs from fighting back." ”

The two entered the stone hall in the cave, which was spacious and dark, but the entrance to the cave was very narrow, and bright light penetrated in. The advantage of choosing such a cave is that once the entrance of the cave is blocked, no matter how many people are locked in the cave, they will not want to rush out.

Yu Gou's breath was slightly even, and after entering the bottom of the cave, he turned around one hundred and eighty degrees, and his eyes looked straight at the entrance of the cave. Feng Changqing said with a smile: "It's still early, maybe I won't be able to come until tomorrow morning." But we'll have to be on guard when the time comes, he might bring a few more people. ”

As soon as the two finished speaking, there was a whining sound outside, with a unique muffled sound with wide nostrils, so low that it seemed to come from the chest, which was the unique tone of the Tibetan people.

The two looked at each other, and the other party was also a day early? Maybe they already knew the news of Gong Juezan's escape, or had they intercepted Gong Juezan?

Zong Lu has been promoted to the chief general of the Lianyunbao garrison, and Tubo is about 5,000 subordinates of Kagaruhunu Dongdai, and the prosperity of this kind of official fortune is almost proportional to the anxiety in his heart. Ever since he was captured seven years ago in a clash with the Green Ridge Guard, he has become a traitor hated by the Tibetans, and he has come into contact with the enemy on the edge of danger again and again, as if he had fallen into the abyss again and again.

"Everyone has chosen a hiding place, and there is still one day to wait, when the time comes, we will catch the Tang people's guards and hand them over to the top in exchange for credit."

The clear voice of the Tibetan people poured into the cave with a howling cold wind.

A sneer overflowed at the corner of Feng Changqing's mouth, making his face look more like a sculpture in the dimness, and he whispered: "You hide in the dark, I will deal with these people." ”

He slowly drew the horizontal knife from his waist, making it as silent as possible, and lightly touched the edge of the hole, waiting for the outside to come in and prepare to surprise the killer.

Unexpectedly, there was a convulsive cry outside: "Someone! A lot of Don Army! ”

Zong Lu, who was about to enter the entrance of the cave, suddenly stopped outside, Feng Changqing's expected ambush in the cave was unsuccessful, so he had to beckon to Yu Gou in the darkness and took the initiative to step out of the cave.

Outside the cave, the Tang army and the Tibetan side were in a state of confrontation, and because their side was well prepared, nearly 20 Tang soldiers stood in the rock gap between the mountains with crossbows or horn bows, aiming at Zonglu and the Tibetan soldiers standing below.

Zong Lu's face twitched with anger, and he shouted at the top of his voice for Yu Gou to get out.

"Yu Gou! You almost killed me! ”

Yu Gou and Feng Changqing walked out of the cave and saw Zong Lu holding a head wrapped in thick cloth in his hand, blood dripping from under the skull, and a stone blocked in his chest finally fell. Now that Zong Lu has solved the big trouble of Gong Juezan, the situation is not as bad as imagined, at most, he has lost such a traitor as Zong Lu.

Zong Lu threw the bloody head in front of him, and originally wanted to angrily blame Yu Gou for letting this person go, if it weren't for the fact that he was in charge of Lianyun Castle, the frontier of Suole City, Lianyun Castle, he would have almost let this person run to Tubo through the big and small Bolu. But this series of things had happened, and he had no choice but to smile slightly gloomily: "Thank you Yu Shou for sending this person to me, and it can be regarded as solving the trouble in my heart." From now on, we still don't want to meet, even after we meet again, we are enemies! ”

"Do you think you're still going to be able to go?"

Feng Changqing immediately waved his hand, and the Tang army filled the horned bow that had loosened the string, and the arrows were on the bowstring and ready to fire.

Zong Lu's face was stunned, and his slightly reddish skin was slightly yellow, obviously showing fear. However, this person's psychological quality may have been trained for a long time in the heart of acting as a traitor, calmly thinking about the solution, and began to speak softly and euphemistically.

However, he still has six cronies by his side, and being too submissive will make them despise and lose their loyalty.

"Yu Shou captured, do you think that killing me will disintegrate or weaken Lianyun Castle? This will only alarm the Kagru Dongdai, they will send more forces to defend here, and they will also send more experienced 5,000 generals to take charge of Lianyun Castle, and it is even more impossible for you to take Lianyun Castle. ”

That's right, too.

Feng Changqing agreed with this statement, because judging from the analysis of his eyes, at the moment, this Zong Lu Qian did not look like a native of Tubo, but more like a descendant of the Tuyuhun people. He believes that a Tuyuhun person is not as loyal to Tubo as the Tubo people. The stay of people like Zong Lu in Lianyunbao is indeed conducive to the Tang Dynasty's future attack on Lianyunbao.

"Put the arrows away and let them go!"

Although Yu Gou felt inappropriate, there was no reason to stop the rent. Zong Lu folded his palms and bowed halfway, and slowly retreated, and several Gui archers felt the solemnity of the atmosphere, holding their bows with both hands and aiming at each other, and slowly retreated backwards.

When the men led their horses and retreated across the stream, and were already a hundred meters away from them, they turned over their horses and ran towards the distance.

The Tang army came down from the mountain rock, and Yu Gou and Feng Changqing rested in the cave for a while. From now on, this place will be abandoned as a joint, but the scenery at the northernmost point of the Karakoram mountain is indeed picturesque, and with this open and warm cave, it is a good place to retreat.

Yu Gou felt a little guilty in his heart, and also had some suspicions, Zong Lu was originally the nail planted by General Li to quickly conquer Lianyun Fort in the future, but because of their negligence, they ruined the good situation. Maybe in the future, if you want to take the Lianyun Fort built on the mountain, you will need to fight for the lives of hundreds or thousands of Tang troops.

"It's not a good strategy to let go of Zong Lu, how can you guarantee that the Tubo general who will succeed him in the future will be stronger than him?"

Feng Changqing smiled indifferently and said, "How can this be guaranteed?" But I am sure that a person who has been defeated at the hands of General Li will have a weaker pressure and will to resist when he meets him again in the future, at least in this regard, it is easier to deal with than those Tubo generals who are not afraid of tigers when they are newborn calves. ”

It may make sense to think so, when a person encounters a bump that he can't overcome, and the next time he encounters this hurdle, he still can't overcome it and is tired and weak, this Zonglu must have a psychological shadow.

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As the morning sun rose, a cavalry entered the city of Shule, led by a thin, bald horse, with a black cloak and a hood covering his head and face. He was followed by a dozen soldiers and officers, as well as a delicate woman. Because this person's image is a little weird and mysterious, the several Tang soldiers and women who followed him also looked weird.

The merchant who carried the burden on the side of the street only glanced up at the hood, and then hurriedly dodged on the side of the road, where two children were playing in the middle of the road, and the women hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the child, and turned their heads to look at the wooden mask under the hood, and the burnt flesh could be seen on the edge of the eyeholes, and they hurriedly covered the child's eyes and fled to the side.

This must be an evil spirit who escaped from hell.

The people of Shule City avoided one after another, and after the other party rode away, they looked in the direction where the uninvited guest was going, hoping that such a gloomy person was just passing by. But the other party did not do what they wanted, but went straight to the direction of the town envoy's mansion.

The people of Shule City prayed silently that if this was an evil ghost, they would not go to the mansion of General Li Siye.

"Bah, what do you think, how can there be evil ghosts in broad daylight, but even evil ghosts! What kind of person is General Li, he is a general who has won all battles, and even a demon will be cut in half by him with a Mo knife. ”

After the evil ghosts they said entered the town envoy's mansion, they came to the main hall of the mansion, and sat with Li Siye across the desk, and the people brought the boiled tea, or the bold maid wanted to look up at the guests curiously, but Li Siye glared back with his eyes.

Li Siye picked up the teacup and said, "You should make a mask again and cover your face well, otherwise it will definitely be inconvenient in the future." ”

The other party just nodded silently.

Li Siye asked him again: "When you come to Shule Town, what are your plans for the future?" He suddenly changed his words and said, "Don't worry about it for now, rest here for a while, and then make plans." ”

"I'm going to open a paper mill and continue the papermaking technique I've already renovated, and besides, you must have spent a lot of money to save me this time, so I have to earn back the money you spent first."