Chapter 17: All the Way West: Iwu's Journey (1)
The two returned to the Yanyu Courtyard, at this time Di Ting and the others were waiting for the two to eat in the dining room, and when they saw the two pulling two horses back, Di Ting couldn't help asking: "How can you go out to practice and come back with two horses, if there is such a good thing, you two you bring back two horses every day, and we can sell horses in the mutual market after a long time." ”
The two of them smiled when they heard this, and then sat down in the dining room and began to eat, during the banquet, Yu Gu told the story of the two of them attacking the Eagle Master in the valley, and everyone encouraged and comforted him when they heard that Chu Mofeng had killed a Turkic soldier.
I only heard Jizo say: "In the end, it's still an adult's child, it's really a tiger father without a dog, the kid did a good job, and when I see the wolf cubs of the Eagle Division, the Tiger Division, and the Leopard Division, don't be soft." ”
Yu Gu smiled and said to Chu Mofeng: "It's not to encourage you to kill indiscriminately, but when you encounter Turkic soldiers, you really have to kill them, we and your father have seen the Turks indiscriminately killing our border people, regardless of men, women and children, they will not let go, it is because of this that your father set that rule, until today in the Sui Dynasty army, all soldiers who have followed your father have always abided by this rule." ”
Then Di Ting said to Xuanji: "The news of the discovery of the Eagle Division will be transmitted to the military department and the palace through the Wencheng business in the Eastern Capital, and the big men above will also be reminded that the wolf cubs are here again." ”
Qingli didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly interjected at this time: "Tomorrow, the boss and I will go to Yiwu County, Xuanji don't spread the news first, I think it's better to investigate carefully before making a decision." Then he turned his head and asked Chu Mofeng: "Boy, do you want to accompany your sister to Yiwu tomorrow?"
Chu Mofeng looked at the people present and said, "I'll go and grind the burning sky, and by the way, feed the grass to Tafeng (Chu Mofeng's yellow horse)." Then he put down the dishes and chopsticks and left the dining room.
As soon as Chu Mofeng left, Rakshasa took the opportunity to pretend to choke Qingli's neck and said: "You are crazy, how old is he, you let him go to Yiwu with you, don't you know that there are often Turkic wolf cubs there, you and the boss are no problem to go, aren't you afraid of accidents with him?"
Qingli knocked Rakshasa's hand off and said, "I know, he is ten years old this year, you have forgotten when I joined the Hades Hall in the eighteenth year of the Emperor's reign, how old I was at that time? I was only ten years old, and it coincided with the expedition of the adults to Goguryeo, and the five of you had already entered the Hades Hall for a long time, how old were you? You were twelve at the time, Xuanji was thirteen, Yugu and Jizo were both fifteen, only the eldest was nineteen years old, although the imperial court was defeated at that time, but how many people did we kill along the way at that time?"
Then Xuanji also said slowly: "Yes, in the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, we set out with the adults from Shuozhou to expedition to the Turks, and we followed the adults to chase through the Baidao (northwest of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia), and crossed the Qinshan Mountain (now Daqingshan, Inner Mongolia) more than 700 miles, the adults asked Emperor Wen for more troops, and the big men in the court actually said that the adults were going to rebel, and Emperor Wen did not send troops, and the road was more than 700 miles, I forgot how long it took me to wash the blood stained with desperation when I returned to Xijing, and who did not have a hundred and eighty lives in his hands at that time. ”
Rakshasa looked back at this time and said: "Yes, the adult was not in line with his eyes for three days and three nights, until the Turks were defeated, he was easy to sleep for a while, and then he got up and led the army to chase and kill, they said that the adult rebelled, the adult is dedicated to the country, if you really want to rebel, what is the matter with Yang Guang's kid now? ”
On the second day, Di Ting, Qing Li, and Chu Mofeng left Zhangye County and ran towards Yiwu County.
The three of them reconnoitred all the way, and when they arrived at Yiwu County, it was ten days later, and at this time Yiwu County was in a depression, and the pedestrians on the road looked hurried, Di Ting stopped a man and asked, "Have there been any Turks near Yiwu recently?"
The man looked at Di in horror and heard: "Yes, some time ago, someone went to the west of the city to graze and did not come back for two days, and when the family went to look for it, they found the corpse, and none of the livestock they were raising were gone. The man was shot through the chest with a bow and arrow, and the lords of the county put up a notice telling us not to go to the west side of the city. After saying that, he hurried away.
Di Ting and Qing Li glanced at each other, and the two found the answer in each other's eyes, and then Qing Li said to Chu Mofeng: "The kid goes to the inn, and you Di Ting Uncle and I will go to the west of the city to have a look, and then come back." After saying that, he listened to the two of them on horseback and ran towards the west of the city.
The west of Yiwu County is the vast Shiluo Manshan, when the Luoman Mountain can reach Gaochang of the Western Turks, the road is deserted, when they run out of about ten miles, the two found traces of a bonfire on the side of the road, and then jumped off the horse to check.
Di listened to the bonfire that had long been burned out on the ground and said to Qingli: "This is probably left by the wolf cub of the Turkic Eagle Rider, let's go a little further and take a look." ”
Then the two got on their horses and continued to run in the direction of Shiluo Manshan, and when they were about to reach the foot of Shiluo Manshan, they met a herdsman, who called out to him and asked: "Have you seen the Turks passing by recently?" ”
The herdsman looked at Di Ting vigilantly and said coldly: "Yes, a few days ago I was grazing cattle nearby, and I saw some Turkic eagle division people passing by here. ”
After hearing what this person said, Qingli turned over and dismounted, and with his right hand, the sword in his hand was pulled out of the scabbard horizontally, and put it at the throat of this person, and asked coldly: "As long as the Turks see my Great Sui people, they will not leave a living mouth, why don't they kill you?"
The man looked at Qingli indifferently and said, "I am half Turkic blood, and when they came, I spoke Turkic, and they thought I was a Turkic, so they let me go." ”
Di Wenyan hugged his fists at this person and said: "I'm sorry for offending Your Excellency, I want to ask, is there a path leading to Gaochang nearby, and you don't need to cross Shiluo Manshan?"
When this person heard the word "path", he couldn't help but smile and said, "Yes, but there is a path, and I found it." ”
Di Ting said to this person again: "Give me a way, our brother and sister want to go to Gaochang to have a look, and then take out the usual money from the burden on the horse's back and hand it to this person." ”
It is estimated that for the sake of money, this person did not speak as indifferently as before, and said to Di with a smile: "You go forward until you reach the foot of the mountain, and then count six big trees to the north, and you will see a valley mouth." Then the man drove away with the flock.
Qingli and Di Ting found the valley mouth smoothly in the direction pointed by the herdsman, and then Di Ting said to Qing Li: "Record this place, and then let's go in and find out." ”
Then the two rode forward, marked all the way along the way, walked for about a day, suddenly saw a bright light in front of them, the two hurriedly drove forward to see, they had already gone out of the valley, and looked up in a blink of an eye, when Luo Manshan towered majestically overhead, causing the two to sigh.
Walking out of the valley, I occasionally saw Turkic tents along the way, and as I went west, tents were already everywhere, and when I came to a gathering place, I found a Turk who falsely claimed to be a spy sent by the Western Turks to the Sui Dynasty, and asked if there had been any people from the Eagle Division passing by recently.
The Turk told him that a few days ago, about five soldiers of the Eagle Division had passed by here, and the Turk was also a curious person, so he casually asked the leader what he was going to do, and the leader bluntly told him that they had heard that the Sui Dynasty had set up a tuntian in Yiwu, and decided to go to Yiwu to assassinate the Taishou, so as to cause panic in the people's hearts and destroy the work of the tuntian.
Di Wenyan thanked him for this, and took out his usual money to give him as a thank you, and then ran to Igo County with Qingli non-stop, while praying in my heart that nothing would happen to Igo County at this time......