Night

A round of crescent moon hangs obliquely in the air.

In the dense forests of the mountains, the willows are shady and 5,000 people and horses are hidden in it.

Since there is a surprise attack, the whereabouts are naturally more secretive, and if they are discovered by the other party's scouts, the so-called surprise attack will become a joke.

Wu Xin led the army and marched towards Jinliangcheng with great fanfare, originally to attract the attention of the people of Jinliangcheng.

After marching halfway, Liu Chengyin led his men and horses to quietly separate from Wu Xin's army and began to march from the mountain road to Jinliangcheng.

Accompanied by 5,000 Tibetan men and horses led by Kumara.

During the day, scouts had already reported that they had found that the men and horses near Liangcheng were heading towards Wu Xin's army.

Liu Chengyin, who knew why, laughed secretly, and sent someone to inform Kumara, who had been rushing in front, to repair for the time being, and wait for him to send someone to find out the news before going straight to Jinliang City.

Someone passed through the layers of dense forests, rushed to Liu Chengyin and said: "General Qiyu, General Dove has led the team, drove overnight, and went straight to Liangcheng. ”

When Liu Chengyin heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "What did he say?"

The man hesitated.

Liu Chengyin reprimanded: "What do you say? What he says, you just learn it truthfully." ”

The man arched his hand to Liu Chengyin, then put his hand behind his back, stretched out his hand and pointed: "Still probe a fart, how can you Han people fight like this, when Lao Tzu didn't find out clearly? The people and horses near Liangcheng have all come out, don't you hurry up and take Jinliangcheng at this time, and attack a bird." ”

Liu Chengyin glanced at the man and smiled: "It's quite similar to learning!"

The man got down on one knee.

Liu Chengyin said lightly: "Get up, did you still say something like General Ben's timidity?"

The man lowered his head and said, "The general is like a god!"

Liu Chengyin thought for a while and said: "You work hard again, hurry up and catch up with Kumaro, and you tell him that if he doesn't obey the military order, be careful of the military law of my Liu." ”

The man turned and disappeared into the forest.

Liu Chengyin looked up at the moonlight and said to the people around him, "Go and call a few commanders over!"

Approaching Jinliang City, there are some truths that you have to tell your own people, lest your subordinates don't know the truth, and then they really go to fight desperately.

At this time, after the Tubo army thirty miles before Liu Chengyin's army, it had been cleaned up and ready to continue the march.

Kumara asked to the left and right, "Has General Liu sent someone again?"

Someone replied: "General Qiyu, after General Liu's personal soldiers returned to restore their lives, they did not send anyone to come again!"

Kumora frowned slightly.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "Pass on my military order, the army will march forward for fifty miles first, and then wait for our military order." ”

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Kumara ordered people to go down the mountain and march rapidly along the official road, and after ten miles of marching, Liu Chengyin's own soldiers caught up with him.

Kumara smiled and ordered the team to halt for the time being.

Seeing the visitor, Kumoro rode on his horse and said proudly: "General Liu can afford you, and let you run away again." ”

The man arched his hand and said, "I have followed General Liu for five years, and it is an honor to be trusted by the general." ”

Kumora snorted lightly and said, "If it weren't for the deputy marshal who arranged for him to be in command of the troops this time, how could he be called a general as a small commander?"

The man arched his hand and said, "General Dove, the general has an order, order the general to stop the march immediately, otherwise the military law will deal with it." ”

Kumoro laughed, glared, and half-leaned over to look at the man: "Military law? General Liu's official authority is not small, and that general is going to learn the military law of your Xiliang people." ”

After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Liu Chengyin's personal soldiers, waved his hand and said: "Pass my military order, march quickly!"

As if he had guessed that Kumora would do this, Liu Chengyin's own soldiers arched their hands at Kumora and turned around and hurried back to his life.

After listening to Liu Chengyin's words, several commanders were taken aback, and someone lowered his voice and asked, "My lord, when we arrive in Jinliang City, will we fight or not?"

Liu Chengyin smiled: "Fight, why don't you fight? Why don't you fight?"

The questioner wondered, "How do you fight that?"

Liu Chengyin looked at a few people: "Brothers, those barbarians have eaten so much of our food for nothing, we have to come back." ”

The other looked at Liu Chengyin and asked tentatively, "What does the general mean that our sword beckons to the body of the Tubo people?"

Liu Chengyin glanced at the man approvingly and said, "Not bad!"

Someone else was puzzled: "General, my subordinates are puzzled, if we want to destroy this army of Tubo people's soldiers and horses, why do we need to make such a big effort, just rely on the men and horses of our Gaoyang City, it is not easy to eat them?"

Liu Chengyin said in a low voice: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, the commander's order, just listen to it, it's a good thing that this Kumaro doesn't listen to the military order, and it just gives us the opportunity to recreate him from behind." You've all listened very well, but after you do it, none of these Tubo people can stay, do you understand?"

Several people shouted in unison: "Order!"

Liu Chengyin said: "Pass the order, order everyone to rest quickly, and after two hours, we will also leave." ”

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Wu Dongzan led 5,000 men and horses to accompany Ying Sanji, but due to his identity, his army kept a distance of five miles from Ying Sanji's army.

Wudongzan's Tubo people are in front.

An eagle's cry was heard in the air.

Wu Dongzan got up, walked out of the tent, and looked up at the sky.

This eagle is their unique spirit bird in Tibet, named Tianshan Snow Eagle.

The adult Tianshan Snow Eagle spreads its wings nearly a zhang long, its beak is like an iron hook, its claws are extremely powerful, and its most significant feature is that its head and neck are snow-white, and a pair of sharp eagle eyes indicate that it is the lord of the sky on that plateau.

The owner of the eagle was in the army, and his name was Ying Zaji.

To be able to subdue a snow eagle, in addition to real skills, you must also have a certain amount of luck.

The Tibetans invented a method of taming the snow eagle called the boiling eagle.

However, the adult snow eagle can only survive the young birds with fledgling wings, and no one can catch the live adult snow eagle.

This bird is not easy to come by.

The nesting place of the snow eagle in the Tianshan Mountains is on the cliff, with the body of a mortal, if you want to climb up, it is like climbing to the sky, plus the female eagle who is eyeing the tiger, if you want to catch a young bird and come back to survive, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Every time the eagle is caught, many Tibetan warriors die for it.

A well-tamed Tianshan Snow Eagle is much more precious in the eyes of the big tribal leader than the Tibetan slaves who gave their lives.

Ying Zaji is a lucky man, this Tianshan Snow Eagle was not caught by him, but by a monk who caught it and gave it to him.

Later, he learned that the master who gave him the sacred bird was the divine monk in the eyes of their Tubo people, Zen Master Huiming.

The method of boiling eagles is not a secret among the Tibetans, but not everyone can do it.

Some people survive to the end in order to survive the eagle, but they fall short because they can't persevere.

Because this method is not only to boil the eagle, but also to boil the people.

When Zen Master Huiming gave Ying Zaji this eagle, Ying Zaji was twenty years old.

He has a good physique, and at that time, Zen Master Huiming also made it clear that the people around him were the only ones who could be qualified to boil the eagle.

Boiling the eagle has to stay up for a few days and nights, although there is clear water and food next to it, but it is very unbearable to sleep for a few days.

Ying Zaji almost failed, and when he wanted to close his eyes and get a good night's sleep, a palm pressed on the back of his heart, and a voice came from behind him, "If you are not as good as a bird, then your life will be like this!"

Ying Zaji's father and grandfather both died catching eagles.

Their small tribe exists to catch eagles.

Ying Zaji was excited, cheered up again, stared at the pair of eyes that he had been staring at for several days, and the small wooden stick in his hand twitched lightly, and the snow eagle, who was almost unable to stand up, flapped his wings.

Hawks can't sleep.

Ying Zaji didn't know that in addition to reminding him, Zen Master Huiming also secretly entered his body, stimulated the acupoints around his body, and helped him lift his spirits.

After the eagle was boiled, Zen Master Huiming left his tribe.

And because of this, he was favored by the big leader of the tribe, gave him the title of a warrior, and also broke away from the status of a slave and became a person next to the big leader.

The biggest leader of Ying Zaji's tribe is none other than Zarudokin.

Because he wanted to send a letter to the king of Tubo, his spirit bird came in handy.

Sending Kumoro to Gaoyang City this time was actually a test for Zarudojin to Kumaro.

If you want to be afraid, Zalu Duojin, who already has a Zen master to support him, is not very afraid of this first warrior of Tubo, but the heart of this first warrior has not succumbed to him, the king of Tubo, but Zalu Duojin is not sure, so he sent him to Liangzhou.

If Zarudojin keeps to himself and does not secretly collude with the people of Liangzhou, it will not be too late for him Zaludojin to reuse his Kumaro.

In addition, under the guidance of Zen Master Shihong, Zalu Duojin realized what a delicate move it was for them to send Kumara to the other side of Liangzhou.

It's just that Zaludojin still didn't dare to imagine that Liangzhou, where the iron horse was rampant in their Tubo land, was so easy to take?

Shi Hong told the Tubo King who was afraid of the King of Xiliang from the bottom of his bones, that the life of the King of Xiliang was now in the hands of the master of the Shikong Gate, and that he would go to the Shikong Gate in person, even if the land of Liangzhou could not become a Tubo person, you would no longer have to raise your head in front of the King of Xiliang.

From the letter sent back by Ying Zaji, Zaludokin can conclude that Kumara has no possibility of defecting to the people of Xiliang.

Ying Zaji didn't tell Wu Dongzan his details because of a few glasses of wine, because he knew that he couldn't hide it, so it was better to pretend to be sincere.

These were all told to him by Master Shi Hong himself before he set out on the expedition.

Ying Zaji, who received the favor of Zen Master Huiming, is very fascinated by Zen Buddhism.

Shi Hong also made it clear to him that since this divine bird was given to him by the master, then he Ying Zaji can be regarded as a registered disciple of Huiming Zen Master, and in terms of generation, he can be called "junior brother".

At that time, Ying Zaji immediately knelt down excitedly, and shouted in his mouth, "Senior brother is on top!"

Ying Zaji even had to return after completing the task to shave his ordination and officially become a disciple of Zen Buddhism.

Shi Hong agreed, and he told Ying Zaji where the king of Tubo was, and he would say.

Even if he pretended to be sincere, Udon Zan believed it, but Kumara was in the military tent, but he never participated.

He had an intuition that Kumara seemed to have the intention of setting up his own door as Shihiro's "senior brother" said.

However, Shi Hong also told him that there was no conclusive evidence, and in the letter to the king of Tubo, it was enough to report it truthfully.

After the army was pulled, his snow eagle flapped its wings again and flew back to the snowy plateau.

Wu Dongzan watched the snow eagle fall into the camp, the corners of his mouth raised, his face showed a fierce look, stretched out his hand, and led a dozen people towards the camp where Ying Zaji lived.

Standing at the door of the tent, Ying Zaji had his right arm at one end, and the snow eagle landed steadily on it, and the iron beak pecked lightly on his arm a few times.

Ying Zaji patted the old fellow's head, untied the parchment from the eagle's grasp, waved his arm, and made a sound.

Hearing this, the snow eagle flew out of the sky.

Ying Zaji has a whistle around his neck, which is made of sheep bones, and he uses this whistle to call his old buddy on weekdays.

Before he could open the parchment scroll, Wu Dongzan brought someone over, and when he saw this, he hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen the general." ”

Wu Dongzan glanced at Ying Zaji's clenched fist and asked, "But what instructions does my king have?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Ying Zaji smiled and said, "This letter has just been taken off the eagle's talon, and I haven't had time to read it." ”

Wu Dongzan stretched out his hand and said, "Take it!"

Ying Zaji looked at Wu Dongzan, but did not stretch out his hand, but took half a step back and asked, "General Wu, is this inappropriate!"

After saying that, his hand grabbed his neck violently, and he was about to send the bone whistle hanging around his neck into his mouth.

Wu Dongzan's eyes shrank, and he shouted: "This person collaborates with the enemy, quickly kill this person." ”

More than a dozen people behind him swung their knives forward.

A whistle blew halfway before it came to an abrupt end.

Ying Zaji had been hacked to death with a knife, but in this way, he went to see the Buddha in advance.

Wu Dongzan took the parchment roll handed over by his subordinates, glanced at Ying Zaji, who was no longer the same, and said lightly: "Drag it out and throw it away!"

Then there was an eagle's cry.

Wu Dongzan was taken aback, he didn't expect the beast to be so alert, and the bone whistle was only halfway off for it to hear.

He hurriedly shouted, "Quickly drag Ying Zaji's body out." ”

After saying that, he walked quickly to his tent.

After walking a few steps, Wu Dongzan only felt another eagle's cry above his head, and he was so busy looking up that he saw a black shadow gradually getting bigger and coming straight towards him.

He hugged his head in a panic and ran forward, looking up as he ran.

It's the flat-haired brute.

The shadow grew bigger and bigger, and he stumbled on his feet, fell to the ground, and after a few moments of stare and didn't get up, he cried out loudly.

The black shadow smashed on his body, smashing him so much that he spit out a mouthful of blood, and the frightened Wu Dongzan reached out and pulled it, but he couldn't pull it.

Already the soldiers rushed to hear the sound, and saw the divine bird in their eyes lying on the general, and did not dare to step forward.

Someone with sharp eyes saw that a sharp arrow was inserted in the body of this sacred bird.

Udongzan was mixed into the tent.

If it weren't for the fact that this Tianshan Snow Eagle spread its wings when it fell, I was afraid that he, the commander of the First Army, would be stoned to death by a bird.

After drinking a few sips of hot tea, he felt a little better, and said hatefully: "Let me check and see who shot the arrows?" I found that General Ben was arrested, and in the camp, without General Ben's order, the arrows were released indiscriminately, and the military law dealt with them. ”

At this time, someone came over with an arrow and said, "General Qiyu, this arrow is not a thing in our army. ”

Wu Dongzan covered his chest, coughed lightly, frowned, took the arrow, and looked at it carefully.

At this time, someone came to report that the deputy marshal had sent someone.

Wu Dongzan wanted to get up, but the pain in his internal organs came, so he had to give up and said to people: "Hurry up, please!"

After the person came into the big tent, he saluted and said: "General Wu, the deputy marshal just hunted, saw an eagle hovering in the air, and shot it with an arrow, it seems that this eagle fell into the camp of General Wu, and asked the general to send someone to help find one or two, so that I can go back and restore my life." ”

As soon as Wu Dongzan saw that this person was the guard in front of the deputy marshal, he squeezed out a smile and said: "It turned out to be the prey of the deputy marshal, and someone just came to report that an eagle was dropped in the camp for no reason, and I am ordering someone to find out who is hunting behind my back." ”

After speaking, he handed the feather arrow in his hand to the others: "Presumably, this arrow is also the deputy marshal's thing, so return it to its original owner!"

After the man left the tent, Udonzan vomited another mouthful of blood.

Half of this blood is qi.

Remembering the confidence of the king of Tibet, he had not yet looked at it, so he leaned back in his chair and opened the parchment scroll in his tightly clutched hand.

The content above is very simple, so simple that Wu Dongzan is about to spit out a mouthful of blood again.

"Continue to monitor Kumaro and report on the situation of the battle. ”

Ying Zaji died, the Tianshan Snow Eagle was also shot dead, and the eyes of the King of Tubo were gone, and he had no choice with Kumara.

Thinking of this, Wu Dongzan's face turned ruthless, and success or failure depended on Kumaro.

If Kumara is not successful, he will turn around and go to Ying Sanji to surrender.

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Kumora had already led the army to march more than ten miles outside the city of Jinliang, and the willows were shady and he fell a full eighty miles away.

The scout who went to inquire about the news returned and said that the four gates of the near Liangcheng were closed, and there were no defenders outside the city.

Kumora frowned.

According to Liu Chengyin's plan, when it was dark, he sneaked into the city, opened the city gate, and then waved his army to kill Liangcheng by surprise.

With the light skills of willow Chengyin, this city wall less than three zhang high really can't stop him.

Kumara looked at the sky, the sun had just sunk in the west, and if he had waited for the dark willows to lead people to come, he would have run so fast in vain.

He turned his head and ordered, go, drive the dozens of people we have arrested to the city, I want to see if the gate is open or not.

The nearest town near Liangcheng was looted by Kumora, and many people who didn't have time to escape were also caught by Kumora, and he Kumora had already prepared to blackmail Liangcheng to open the city gate.

Seeing the dilapidated villages and towns trampled by Kumara, Liu Chengyin was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he seemed to guess what Kumara was going to do, which he didn't expect.

Liu Chengyin endured the anger in his chest and ordered a rapid march, and he must rush to Jinliangcheng before dark.

Seeing dozens of Bazhou people crowding in front of the city gate, shouting for help, Fan Jiangong on the city gate frowned and looked at Feng Yuan and said, "Sir, what's going on?"

Feng Yuan looked into the distance and said lightly, "It's here!"