Yellow with white? White in yellow? White in yellow? Yellow on white? Yellow mixed with white?

Riding on a camel, Fang Chongyong searched for words in his heart to describe the wonderful scenery in the desert at this moment.

Thin snowflakes fell on the yellow sand, and the clouds in the distance were like layers of mist, turning the heavens and the earth into a line.

They add a touch of romance to the lifeless desert and look as if you've stepped into a fantasy world.

It's snowing! It's snowing in the desert! And it's still raining in the white!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Fang Chongyong wouldn't have believed that this "Desert of Death" would still be snowing!

"Jieshuai, in such an arid desert, there is not even a single poplar, but now it is snowing lightly, which is indeed very rare.

The weather made our march a lot easier. Jie Shuai, this is a good omen! ”

Che Guangqian rode forward on a camel, and said to the other party with an excited face.

"That's true."

Che Guangqian suggested quietly.

Since the defeat of the Great Food Army of the Fire Seeking Country, some soldiers in the Anxi Expeditionary Force have been reluctant to participate in the expedition.

Everyone likes money, especially this kind of spoils obtained through military exploits by ability. It is not only a guarantee of life, but also a supreme glory for self-affirmation.

"Get the order, the last general will go to pass it on!"

Suddenly, there was a shout of "Long live the marshal" from the team!

"Long live the marshal!"

Fang Chongyong shouted!

"What does the marshal command!"

They think that their own merits are actually enough. Wouldn't it be nice to be conservative and go back to your original place of residence with a small life?

Fang Chongyong obeyed the advice and did not force the order to recruit soldiers. He only let the 3,000 silver spear filial piety army as the foundation, and recruited 3,000 warriors from the Anxi expeditionary force to form a 6,000-man rushing team.

"Long live the marshal!"

"Jie Shuai, wouldn't this be bad.

The big cannibals can be dragged on, but we can't afford it. ”

We only have 6,000 men, and there are many brothers who stayed in Shiguo and did not go out with the army.

Fang Chongyong sighed and said no more.

"Where is Feng joining the army?"

His suggestion is actually quite interesting. Because the speed of the soldier is often diametrically opposed to maintaining the state.

Feng Changqing rode up on a camel and asked.

It is true that the elite will be brought on this expedition, but it is also determined according to the principle of voluntary registration.

Fang Chongyong nodded and dealt with it noncommittally.

Now you go and inform the soldiers of the tribe that after the destruction of Mulu City, take one-third of all the floating wealth that is convenient to take away, and use it to reward them, and can be used to pay additional care for the disabled and the dead.

We divided the money, what would those brothers think? ”

It is very important to grasp the balance between "efficiency" and "status".

Fang Chongyong said loudly.

"Marshal, the last general thinks that the soldiers are fast, and we shouldn't rest now. It should take advantage of the snow and high morale to march all the way to Mulu City.

Che Guangqian asked with some doubts.

"Order!"

A quick fix is a must!

"Do you have any ideas?"

Fang Chongyong asked, he knew that Che Guangqian would definitely not be fine, and he was just close to himself.

On the other hand, if you want your troops to be in a better state when engaging the enemy, you need to conserve your physical strength when marching.

This time they didn't even ride horses, they all changed camels. A soldier rides a camel, leads a camel to carry the baggage, and one person has two camels.

If you want to create a fighter plane in a roundabout way, you can only rush non-stop.

Feng Changqing took the order and left, he would look for the commanders of the various departments in the team, and convey the military orders in place.

There is still about a two-month window, and then this desert will become a Jedi again. This was probably the last battle of the Anxi Expeditionary Force, and it was also the most dangerous battle.

Hearing this, Che Guangqian was stunned, he never expected that Fang Chongyong, who had always been more restrained in rewards, would be so generous this time!

Che Guangqian was overjoyed, Fang Chongyong was right, and he was also convinced.

"This section commander just wants to let those who did not participate in the war also see how big their losses are!

The so-called wealth and danger are sought, and the sons and daughters who go out on the expedition are all fighting for their lives with their heads. We fought bloodily, and a reward for fishing with them in the stone country, can the military heart be convinced?

Don't give any preferential treatment to the soldiers who fight for their lives, and this section is handsome. ”

These floating fortunes will not be reported to Bian Lingcheng, nor will they be recorded in the merit book. ”

When the time comes, even if you sleep on a camel, don't stop! ”

"Pass my military order, rest in place for half an hour, start after half an hour, and go to Mulu City without stopping.

Fang Chongyong smiled at Che Guangqian again:

"Your idea, give you a chance to sell favors.

The team then stopped to rest, and many of the soldiers began to eat dry food, drink water, and move their legs and feet.

He knew in his heart that in fact, the situation was not as optimistic as Che Guangqian said.

This time is different from the past, we are cut off from supplies, we can't take Mulu City, even if we can find water in the local area, we can't enter the city, and supply is also a problem.

"Long live the marshal!"

The shouts in the army shook the sky, and many soldiers picked up the big drums of the military band and began to beat!

"This section is handsome dozens of times, who is still mourning there, hit the ten army sticks!"

Fang Chongyong ordered to Feng Changqing on the side with a dark face.

"The joy of the soldiers is beyond words, and their love for the marshal is from the heart.

The prison guards are not there, so it doesn't hurt to shout like this. ”

Feng Changqing said with a smile.

Mulu City is the lair of the big cannibals, and there are many good things in it! What could be more enjoyable than being able to privately divide a part of it and not count it in the battle merits?

Don't say it's those soldiers, Feng Changqing himself feels very cool!

"Save all your strength to kill the enemy, you haven't broken through Mulu City yet, what's there to be happy about! You don't give the order yet! ”

Fang Chongyong scolded angrily. Tamad, open champagne at half time, it's wool!

The shouting was suppressed, but the morale rose at a rate visible to the naked eye. He Changqi deliberately ran from the front of the team and asked Fang Chongyong: "Jie Shuai, is this true?" Can you really take the spoils of war privately? ”

"The commander of this section did not say that he could take it privately, but said that after handing it over, he would distribute it uniformly and not make a record."

Fang Chongyong patiently corrected He Changqi's bullshit.

His order was nothing like taking the spoils of war privately.

Taking the spoils of war privately is the worst habit on the battlefield, there is no one!

If it is in accordance with military law to take the spoils of war privately, then who will fight to the death in the future?

Everyone will choose to touch the loot, which is safe and can be eaten with a lot of brains!

How can such an army still fight?

"Hehe, it's all about the same, it's pretty much the same.

Shuai, you are really interesting to your brothers! ”

He Changqi said with a thumbs up to the other party.

"Don't be weak in this fight."

Fang Chongyong said with a tiger face.

"Don't worry, the end will be the first to break the city."

He Changqi patted his chest and said with a guarantee.

"Go ahead, you lead someone to clear the way ahead."

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice, raising his hand impatiently.

Seeing that he was so serious, He Changqi also put away the smile on his face, and after clasping his fists and saluting, he rode a camel to the front.

In this wave of surprise attacks, the Tang army completely gave up the horses with extremely poor endurance in the desert and chose camels with strong endurance and good endurance. The advantage is that the supply problem is solved, the camels carry a good load, and they are hungry and thirsty, so they don't have to worry about them resting in the desert.

But the disadvantages of this choice are also obvious.

Neither the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army nor the other units of the Anxi Expeditionary Force were good at fighting on camels. Therefore, the Tang Army and the Great Cannibal met in a narrow way, and they may not be able to have any advantage in terms of equipment.

After all, in the Western Regions, horses are the biggest and most important equipment!

This is a difficult choice between the lesser of two evils.

The more Fang Chongyong thought about it, the more he felt that Che Guangqian's judgment was right.

The secret of this battle is to be fast! Because of this desert road, there are still many merchants walking, especially in winter. The big cannibal in Mulu City is easy to cut off from Shang Jia (because for the sake of secrecy, the approaching rest has been blocked by the Tang army), to judge that the Tang army will have a big military operation in the near future.

So fast has become one of the secrets of success, or even the only one. When the big cannibal opened his eyes and found that the Tang army had arrived at Mulu City, this was the best state!

Thinking of this, Fang Chongyong ordered Feng Changqing: "Pass my military order, pull out, leave now!" ”

"Order!"

Feng Changqing didn't say anything, and he didn't ask Fang Chongyong why he let the soldiers rest for a stick of incense before leaving immediately.

With the issuance of the military order, the Tang army that attacked Mulu City began to move. Fang Chongyong rode on a camel, and there seemed to be two villains arguing in his mind.

One of them is saying: "This battle is redundant, hurry up and return to Chang'an to lay out, and it is true to deal with the troubled times." If you lose this battle, you will spit out those who won in front of you, so why bother? ”

The other is saying: "This war can be fought for at least ten years of peace, and it has come to the future, do you want to go back with regrets?" ”

Two villains are fighting with each other, and neither will let anyone!

"Alas!"

Fang Chongyong sighed and shook his head to dispel the distracting thoughts in his mind.

What can you do if you lay down Mulu City?

That's not a place that Datang can keep, it's just a chic walk like a glorious ancestor.

At the end of this battle, the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army will still be transferred back to Chang'an, the Anxi Expeditionary Force will be disbanded, the command will be transferred, and then Fang Jieshuai's Western Regions era will end.

Within Datang, there are still countless contradictions and troubles, these broken things, Fang Chongyong knows that he can't avoid them, and he has to face them no matter what.

Grass, what is it for so hard!

Fang Chongyong suddenly found that he seemed to have unconsciously embarked on this desperate road with no advance or retreat, which was completely different from his original idea of wanting to survive until the end of his life!

"Jieshuai, according to the news inquired by the last general, the area around Mulu City has long been built into a network of rivers and fertile fields for irrigation, rich in grapes and wheat.

In such a place, it is certainly impossible to have deep ditches and barriers, and as long as it is not a strong wall and a clear field, there will definitely be no shortage of food. Before the war, the commander expected the enemy to be lenient, but the battle situation was probably not so bad. ”

Che Guangqian saw Fang Chongyong's ugly face and thought that he was worried about the battle situation, so he rode over on a camel to explain.

"It's not about Mulu City."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand slightly, not wanting to explain what he was worried about.

The only person he is worried about is Chang'an, and the only one who has no feelings and likes to be a demon "saint".

……

In the main hall of Huaqing Palace, Ji Ge was expressionless, looking at a middle-aged man with a team of twelve boys to "exorcise evil spirits", and he didn't know what to say for a while.

These thirteen people, all wearing hideous masks and strange costumes, whether it is masks or costumes, no two are exactly the same.

It can even be said that the posture is different, and the difference is huge!

The adults are called "Fang Xiang", and the twelve children are called "Twelve Divine Beasts".

This ritual originated in the Shang Dynasty, and in the original ritual, Fang Xiang was not a human name, but an official position dedicated to exorcizing ghosts, and was the leader of the twelve divine beasts.

Later, after the ritual developed from the official to the people, the "Twelve Beasts Eating Ghost Song" was added at the end of the Han Dynasty, which is the prototype of the ritual to be carried out now.

The twelve divine beasts here are all mythical creatures that are both good and evil, and their reputations are also mixed.

The whole ceremony is divided into three parts: advocacy, dance, and epidemic expulsion.

Advocacy is a form of performance that seems to sing but not sing, and is not to say. Fang Xiang sang first, and then the twelve boys continued to sing the "Twelve Beasts Eating Ghost Song".

Next is the dance, called "Fang Xiang and the Dance of the Twelve Beasts", which expresses the evil side of the Fang Xiang clan to suppress the twelve beasts.

Finally, in the midst of people's cries and drums, we will go to every place to exorcise evil spirits and exorcise ghosts.

During the whole process, Fang Xiang's clan and the "Twelve Divine Beasts" were wearing masks. These masks look hideous, even more like ghosts than "ghosts", and have the meaning of "fighting poison with poison".

For some reason, Ji Ge had a strong sense of discomfort with the group of people in front of him.

"With such a big Chang'an, can't you find anyone else?"

Brother Ji frowned slightly, and asked Gao Lishi with some dissatisfaction. He was obviously extremely dissatisfied with the appearance of this "exorcism team".

"Saint, it is not good for a slave to do things......"

Colliers was aggrieved and didn't know what to say, so he had to bow down and apologize. Time is tight, the task is heavy, and it has to be kept secret, so it's good to be able to find it!

Looking at the gray hair on Gao Lishi's head, Brother Ji was also soft-hearted for a while, feeling helpless.

He sighed lightly and waved his hand and said, "That's it, just these people." What do you need to prepare for exorcism? ”

"The slave asked, no need, just the saint and others will follow behind the exorcism team.

Now it's time to get started. ”

Gao Lishi said cautiously, for fear of angering Brother Ji.

"Then let's get started."

Brother Ji nodded slightly, he also asked for peace of mind, but he didn't expect these "side doors" to play any role.

With Gao Lishi's order, Fang Xiang's clan and the "Twelve Divine Beasts", like ghosts, began to shake their heads, muttering words that outsiders could not understand.

Then the "Twelve Divine Beasts" surrounded Fang Xiang's clan in the middle, rapping and dancing at the same time.

The strange movements, coupled with the hideous mask on his face, how evil he looks.

Just when Brother Ji was a little stunned, that Fang Xiangshi suddenly threw out a "lancet" from his cuffs!

Its knife momentum is like a meteor, and it goes straight to the door of Ji Ge!

Fortunately, Brother Kei practiced polo when he was young, his skills were quite good, and his body's reflexes were not bad.

Between the lightning and flint, he tilted his head slightly, narrowly dodging the flying knife.

Seeing this, Cui Qianyou, who was in charge of guarding in the main hall, shouted to the Shence sergeant who was in charge of guarding the palace: "Hurry up and escort!" ”

He shouted as he rushed to Ji Ge, pulled out his horizontal knife and pushed away the flying knife shot by Fang Xiang's clan!

At this moment, the other party has already tried to see the dagger, and the twelve boys are all shrewd to pull out the Tang knife from their boots, without even taking off their masks, and rushing towards Brother Ji with great momentum!

Gao Lishi chuckled in his heart, and suddenly frightened the six gods.

(End of chapter)