Chapter 19: Rescuing the Western Regions (5)
Ping Qingyun, Gao Fenglin, and Zhang Xuan paid close attention to the Tubo army's every move, wanting to find out what the other party's next strategy was. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
In front of the river valley, the Tubo army did not move, Ping Qingyun thought that things are definitely not so simple, this siege of the cottage, one does not attack the village, the other does not call the war, the Tubo army runs thousands of miles, how can there be a reason to waste time, Ping Qingyun said to the two:
"The Tubo army has surrounded the cottage for some time, judging from the situation in the valley, it has been a few days since the last attack on the cottage, it seems that the Gulu special service led the army to break through the siege failed, although the Tubo army is several times the strength of the village, but once the grain and grass are exhausted, they will retreat, this is obviously not the result they want, I guess that the Tubo army will prevent a large-scale attack in a few days. β
Zhang Xuandao:
"The grain and grass in the cottage can still last for a few months, and Tubo can't afford this time, since it is going to attack on a large scale, why is there no sign at all?"
Ping Qing Yun Road:
"I haven't been able to figure it out either, presumably the Tibetan army has other plans. Judging from the arrangement of formations, this Shachi is not an ordinary person, and we can't underestimate it. β
At this time, Wu Dejian found them, saying that there was a way to contact the Gu Du agent in the valley, and the three of them went to the back mountain of the river valley with Wu Dejian, only to see Wu Dejian holding a big bow and saying:
"I tied the news of our arrival to an arrow and shot it from the hill to the cottage below, and they would surely find out. β
Ping Qingyun asked again:
"The cliff at the bottom of this mountain is steep, ordinary people can't climb it, so how can they reply to us, you can't shoot arrows from the bottom of the mountain. β
When Wu Dejian heard this, he said the same, and only said:
"In the current situation, we can only inform us that we have arrived, and the rest can only slowly find a way. β
Ping Qing Yun Road:
"Well, informing them that we've arrived is a morale boost, and once we make a move, we can unilaterally inform them and let them cooperate with us. β
Since this can only be done, Wu Dejian shot the feather arrow towards the cottage from the top of the mountain, and just as he was about to shoot, Gao Fenglin saw that his bow was not full, so he said:
"Wait a minute, Brother Wu, why isn't this bow full?"
Wu Dejian looked a little embarrassed by this question, and said:
"I don't hide it from Brother Gao, this bow is given by the Great Khan, it is made of fine mulberry wood, it is said to be from the hand of a famous master, the bow body is much larger than the average bow, because of this, this full string ordinary people can't pull it out, hey, I see that Daddy put it and put it, so I took him out. β
Gao Fenglin looked at the bottom of the mountain and said:
"I'm afraid that it will be dozens of zhang away from the top of the mountain in the afternoon, and there is also mountain wind interference in the mountain, so I shoot it like this, but I don't know where the bow and arrow will drift. β
Wu Dejian didn't think of this in advance, but he was condescending and had no other problems. Gao Fenglin looked at the location and distance of the cottage and said:
"Brother Wu, why don't you let me try, I'll see if I can pull this bowstring full, if I can, this arrow probably won't miss. β
Wu Dejian was half incredulous, and only heard Ping Qingyun say:
"Forget it, Brother Fenglin, let's come with me, my archery skills are more accurate than yours. β
This is not true, Ping Qingyun has been in the army for many years, and his riding and archery skills are naturally higher than Feng Lin's. It's just that Pei Min's archery is also a unique in the world, in the past, he shot thirty-one tigers a day in Beiping, and he also taught him some of the essence of archery when he taught Zhang Xuan martial arts.
But everyone bulldozed Qingyun for the initiation of this rescue operation, and Zhang Xuan naturally did not ask for an arrow shot.
Wu Dejian handed the bow and arrow into Ping Qingyun's hands, Ping Qingyun reversed the weight of the bow, and it was really much heavier than the ordinary bow, he tried to pull the bowstring first, this strength is even more incomparable to ordinary bows, Ping Qingyun has not yet made sufficient preparations, and the bowstring is not full.
Ping Qingyun took a breath, transported a force on his right arm, held back a force, put the feather arrow on the bow, snorted, only heard a muffled sound, the bowstring was pulled full, with Ping Qingyun's strength, he could open any bow in the world, but this bow cost him a lot of strength.
Ping Qingyun aimed his head at the open space in the cottage, and suddenly released the feather at the end of the arrow with his right hand, and the feather arrow responded with a "whoosh" sound, and shot towards the cottage.
However, after a while, the feather arrow was steadily shot in the open space in front of the cottage, and immediately a person went to take out the arrow, untied the letter tied to the arrow, and sent it to the Gulu secret service.
When the Hui army in the village learned that the reinforcements had arrived, there was a dance of joy up and down, but the face of the Gu Xuan special service was a little ugly, because he was the only one who knew that there were only 60 people who came to the rescue.
Seeing that the letter had arrived safely, the four of them left the hill and returned to their camp, waiting for news from the others.
Just after noon, I saw Zhou Shangjing and Huangfu Lian Liu Tong coming back, and as soon as the three of them came back, they heard Zhou Shangjing say:
"The Tibetan army has made a big move, I'm afraid something is going to happen. β
Ping Qingyun hurriedly asked:
"What are they doing?"
Zhou Shangjing said:
"I, Senior Brother Huangfu and Liu Tong and I went to the mountains north of the Tubo army to investigate the situation according to your instructions, what do you guess we saw?"
Gao Fenglin and Zhang Xuan asked at the same time:
"What do you see?"
Zhou Shangjing said:
"I saw the Tibetan army cutting down trees and building bridges in the mountains, no, they were building rafts. β
Gao and Zhang were surprised:
"Building a raft?"
"What do they build rafts for?" Gao Fenglin asked.
Zhou Shangjing said:
"I don't know, but we've seen that they've built dozens of big rafts. β
Ping Qingyun's mind was spinning rapidly:
"If my guess is correct, they will probably attack the cottage in the next two days. β
Zhang Xuan asked:
"How so?"
Ping Qing Yun Road:
"Tubo is located in the highlands, and most of them don't know the nature of water, so they can't do anything about the backbone of the cottage in the river valley. It happened that the Poplar River was very wide in this section of the river, and it was not easy to move forward, and they did not have warships, so they thought of such a way to build a raft, and connected the rafts with ropes and iron chains, so that the two banks would be connected, so that the soldiers and horses would be on the ground, and it would be easy to attack the cottage at that time. β
Ping Qingyun expected that it was not bad, that day Sha Chi first led the troops all the way to pursue the troops of the Gu Xuan special service, the Gu Xuan special service was forced to choose this cottage as a place to defend against the enemy, because the Gu Xuan special service was prepared early in the morning, more than 1,000 people fled from the canyon on the opposite bank into the river valley, the canyon is narrow and long, Sha Chi first expected that if he went in from there, the enemy must have an ambush, so he was stationed on the other side of the river to confront it, and people blocked the canyon, the Gu Du special service broke through several times to no avail, the inside could not get out, and the outside of the right attack could not enter, so it has been a confrontation for more than half a monthγ
Until a few days ago, Sha Chi first thought of a brilliant plan, that is, to cut wood and build rafts from the mountain in the north, and when the time comes, these rafts will be connected in series and extend to the opposite river valley, so that they can march directly to the opposite cottage, whether to attack or fight, or to encircle, it is not entirely up to themselves.
In this way, Sha Chi first ordered several hundred people in the army to build rafts overnight, and in just three days, twenty or thirty small rafts had been built, and when there were almost forty or fifty rafts, they could be laid directly into the valley. (To be continued.) )