Yutai Bi

Chapter 293 Transporting Food 1
Her gaze was so gentle that Prince Teng's heart tightened. This was the first time she looked at herself with such gaze.He wanted to reprimand her for not understanding.In an instant, he found that Cen Sanniang's expression was full of confidence, just like when he first saw her, she was squeezed out of the crowd, without any panic, leisurely admiring the golden flowers and silver rain falling from the sky.

"My lord! You can't go!" A follower's voice was full of tears.

King Teng glanced at him coldly, flicked his fingers, and the black veil from the curtain fell, covering his expression: "You are staying at the White Camel Inn, right? Come to my room tonight, I have some clues, maybe It can be used."

He got on his horse and left with his entourage full of surprises.

Cen Sanniang watched him walk away, her old grudge against King Teng had unknowingly dissipated.

Hei Qi murmured: "I always thought that the young master surrendered to the enemy was the one who did it."

"What?" Cen Sanniang didn't hear clearly.

Hei Qi smiled: "It's nothing. With King Teng's help, we will save a lot of time."

Standing at Yumen Pass, you can see the winding Great Wall lying on the vast Gobi Desert like a yellow dragon.Blue sky and white clouds, the field of vision is extremely wide.

King Teng rode his horse and watched the caravan drift away, gradually disappearing on the horizon.

"My lord, you can't leave Longzhou for too long..." King Teng did not insist on entering the Western Turks, and the entourage was greatly relieved.I was worried about my master again.The subordinate officials of Longzhou City Palace received the transfer order, and the new officials sent by the imperial court are already on their way.Those sent from the capital will be like weed seeds sown in. With their tenacious vitality, they may one day be able to prop up the monolithic Longzhou to pieces.

King Teng understood.But I don't want to think about it.The palace originally had a head sheep, but he let in a sheep with only ambition, and helped her defeat the head sheep, and won the respect of the flock.However, the new head sheep stopped listening to himself and did not take the flock to his designated place as he asked.Now the horns have turned in a different direction, and it's time to deal with him.

He murmured: "You must be wondering why this king favors her so much."

The follower knew that he was talking to himself and did not answer.

King Teng smiled slightly: "Even if Duke Cai's mansion was seized and Du Yansui took the blame from the boss, she still persisted. It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Such a persistent woman needs to be respected. This king does not have that. Blessing."

The entourage felt a little sour: "Actually, the side concubine treats the prince..."

"Why does she love this king? She is beautiful, rich, and has a high status. I hope that this king will favor her, and give her the honor of being flattered and flattered in front of others. One day when this king is convicted and sent to prison, she will be like Cen Sanniang." Abandon, and take the risk to reverse the case for this king?" Teng Wang interrupted his entourage and said sarcastically.

The follower stopped talking.

King Teng turned his horse's head: "The officials of the imperial court are here to serve this king. They will probably be very happy if they don't see anyone. Why does this king want to make them proud? Go back."

The news spread by Yumenguan is not true.They are all tribes of Western Turks, and the city lord is full of vigilance and hostility towards the Tang army who came from afar.In the eyes of the city lord, the struggle between Helu and Dadu for Khan is a struggle among the various tribes of the Western Turks.Tang Jun was an outsider who broke into the territory, and he didn't have much ability, so why should the Western Turks lower their noble heads.

He Lu's tooth tent in Qianquan was broken and fled to Zhexi City.The city lord felt that He Lu's words were more pleasing: "The Tang army can break through the city, and its ability is greater than mine, so I will surrender!"

The Tang army can't break through the city, and one day it will withdraw its troops.Can Dado, who has lost the support of the Tang army, beat He Lu, who is criss-crossing the Gobi grassland?The mayor expressed doubts.Although he saw that the Tang army had surrounded Zhexi City tightly, he still had no intention of turning against the Tang army.

Zhexi city was built on stone mountains.The steep mountain walls form a natural barrier.There are eighteen sweet water wells in the city, and the Tang army could not cut off their water sources.Once the siege ladder was built, the defenders at the top of the city couldn't see anyone at all. They stretched out a wooden stick from a small hole cut in the mountain wall and pried it, and they fell to death and injured countless people.

The Tang army came from afar, and the heavy supply of grain and grass became a heavy burden.

Relying on familiarity with the terrain, a team under the banner of the Changlin Army suddenly slipped out of the labyrinthine trails on the stone mountain and attacked the grain transportation team.When the brigade got the news and rushed there, all the food was robbed and all the people were slaughtered, watching the other party appearing in the rocky cliffs and whistling and cheering to demonstrate, there was nothing the same.

What Tang Jun hated the most was the leader of the team in silver armor with a black background.The noble first-rank Duke of the Tang Dynasty actually surrendered to the enemy.He is good at martial arts and knows Tang Jun well.The charge of being robbed of the food team was all pushed to Du Yansui.

Du Jingxian, who was cousin to Du Yansui, was naturally implicated.He was originally a civil servant.All the people in the Tang Dynasty were martial arts, and he could also ride a horse and shoot arrows. Compared with a simple general, his martial arts skills are not enough.It was originally an official sent by the Ministry of War to the Western Expedition Army to be responsible for the anchor weight of ordnance.The food team was robbed one after another, and Cui Sanlang said in the tent: "Aren't they cousins? I don't know if Du Yansui can do anything to Du Jingxian? If he shows mercy, Feng Zhong and He Lu will be jealous. Our food and grass The team can also hurt some brothers less."

Some people disdain: "He has surrendered to the enemy, and he can't even care about his wife, children and clan. There is nothing he can't do."

Cui Zhongdong smirked: "That's when Du Jingxian should go to guard the food. If he doesn't go, could someone who has nothing to do with Du Yansui go to die?"

Cui Zhongdong disliked the Du family.There is some truth to this statement.So Du Jingxian, who was supposed to stay at the rear, put on the armor, and became a food escort with anticipation and contradiction.

Before leaving, Wei Chi Baoshu, the food supervisor, quietly called Du Jingxian aside: "Brother Du San, we know Du Jiu best. We have been in the rear only to hear about it, but we have never seen him. You must be careful when transporting food this time." See it clearly. Even if Du Jiu pretends to surrender and wants to destroy Zhexi City, he won't delay for so long."

Du Jingxian was squeezed out recently, and there was a big lump in her heart, she sneered and said, "Don't come to test him. He is really against the enemy, and I will never be lenient."

"What good is Du Jiu doing to him? He Lu won the battle, can he be crowned king? He is already a lord of a first-rank Duke. What is he asking for? I don't have a chance to see it with my own eyes. If you have the chance, don't." Missed! If he defected to the enemy, if the emperor does not implicate the entire Du family, the Du family's children will have no future." Yuchi Baoshu said angrily.

Du Jingxian breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice: "I know that the superior sent me to transport grain because he wanted me to be a bait. To tell you the truth, I have never believed it. I have to see it with my own eyes and get an explanation from him."

Yuchi Baoshu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying nothing.

After ordering the [-] soldiers and [-] grain trucks of the grain guard team, Du Jingxian set off.

To send food to the military camp on the other side of the city, you need to go around the city.This section of the road is where the grain transportation team is likely to be ambushed and robbed.If the food cannot be transported and the army runs out of rations, the siege of Zhexi City will be broken by He Lu.

The road must pass through a section of mountains.Sometimes the food protection team is so brave that they can still rush over.Sometimes people are robbed of food, and it is luck to escape alive.

It is also impossible to transport food in large quantities.The mountain road is steep, and the front of the grain truck is too long, and it will always be intercepted by He Lu.As long as there is food in the city, it will be even more difficult to break the city.

Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, the opponent took advantage of the danger.A hundred or ten people can deal with several times more Tang Jun.In the deadly battle on the mountain road, Tang Jun was basically abused.From the moment they set foot on the mountain path, everyone speeded up their pace in unison, held their shields high, and rushed forward.

Du Jingxian held the shield in one hand and the sword in the other, a layer of cold sweat broke out from the palms of his hands.He looked warily at the towering rocks to the left and right, looking forward to Du Yansui's arrival, but also afraid of confronting him.

A whistle suddenly sounded in the air.

"Be alert! Rush over!"

The shield was raised high, protecting the grain truck and rushing forward.Everyone knows that whoever throws the shield in his hand and whoever stops will die.

With the whistle, several barrels of kerosene were smashed down, and rockets that ignited arrow clusters flashed in the air.

In the past, kerosene would never be used to grab food, and He Lu would not get the food even if it was burned.To use kerosene to deal with the grain transportation team on the mountain road, you only need to block the exits at both ends and shoot arrows from high places, and no one can escape.This time I actually used kerosene!Thick smoke billowed from the mountain road, and sharp arrows came through the air. Hearing the screams of Tang Jun beside him, Du Jingxian's heart sank, and she could no longer care about the grain trucks, and shouted: "The rear guards have changed to the front team, abandon the grain trucks, and retreat!"

The rest of the Tang army abandoned the grain carts, turned around and retreated towards the way they came.

Beard's wanton laughter came from among the rocks.A group of barbarians rushed out from the mountain pass in front and chased after them.Following the appearance of a flag embroidered with the words Changlin, a group of people blocked the other side of the mountain road.

One of them was riding on a horse, wearing a silver armor with a black background, and holding a Tiance gun in his hand, looking coldly at Tang Jun who formed a long formation with shields.

Du Jingxian looked at him and couldn't help shouting: "You lift your mask and look at me! I'm your third brother! Are you going to kill me too?"

He was answered by a rain of arrows.

Du Jingxian was so frightened that she threw the shield on her head.The sound of porphyrin pierced into the thick cowhide shield.Tang Jun half-kneeled on the ground, holding his shield high, like a turtle lying on the ground.

"go!"

Tang Jun moved slowly, and only when he was close to the exit, he raised his knife and rushed over.

With a loud bang, a mace slammed into the shield formation fiercely. A Tang soldier couldn't bear the pressure, vomited blood, and fell down in response.The sun shone in through the gap, and before it could fill the gap, an ax swirled in and severed a shield in two.

The beards screamed excitedly and rushed up from behind, but within a short time, the shield formation formed by Tang Jun was smashed to pieces.

(End of this chapter)