Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 960
In order to win over the Tubo people to deal with the Xiangfu Kingdom, Zhao Pu spent a lot of money this time, sending food, grass and weapons to Yingcheng Linbu Chi in Lanzhou, and sent Huangfu Tong and Cao Wei to help the Tubo people deal with the Xiangfu Kingdom in person.

In addition, Zhao Pu did not forget Jiaosiluo, the puppet of the Tubo Kingdom, Zanpu Jiaosiluo.In fact, only a few people such as Zhao Pu and Cao Bin know that Zhao Pu's real purpose is to get rid of the treacherous and cunning Yingcheng Linbuchi, and support the younger and deceitful Jiaosiluo to become the real Zanpu of the Tubo Kingdom in the Hehuang area. , and then let Jiao Siluo lead the Tubo Kingdom to surrender to the Song Dynasty. This can be a great achievement for Zhao Pu, and it is also easier to manipulate the Tubo Kingdom to deal with Xiangfu than Yingcheng Lin Buchi.

To this end, Zhao Pu has made a series of plans.For example, let Huangfu Tong and the people from the Assassination Department of Song Weifu wait for an opportunity to assassinate Ying Cheng Lin Buchi after the battle of Lanzhou stabilized, or after Ying Cheng Lin Buchi led the army to Lanzhou, he arranged for someone to give him in the name of a caravan. Jiao Siluo sent many gifts, including ten Han beauties.

Xueyun is one of these ten Han beauties, originally his appearance could only rank in the top five among these ten beauties, but after these ten Han beauties met Jiao Siluo, Xue Yun stood out and won the title alone. Si Luo's favor even made him fascinated.

At this time, Xueyun, who was in Zanpu Palace, came out from among the flowers, smiled at the young Zanpu corner servant Luo, and then found the largest yellow plateau snow chrysanthemum and inserted it on the temple of the cloud, tilting her head Mischievously looking at Jiao Siluo, waiting for him to speak up.

In Jiao Siluo's eyes, Xueyun's smile at this time is more holy and beautiful than the snow lotus on Kunlun Mountain. He sometimes wonders these days, how could the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty be willing to give such a beautiful woman to him? he.All the princesses before him, including the two daughters of Ying Cheng and Lin Bu Chi, were nothing compared to Xue Yun.He even sometimes involuntarily had the idea of ​​"willing to die for this woman".This scene may seem unbelievable in the eyes of others, after all, he and Xueyun have only known each other for only seven days.But Jiao Siluo took it for granted, even as a matter of course.

However, Jiao Si Luo has been worried about one thing these days. Ying Cheng Lin Bu Chi's two daughters, his queen and princess are extremely dissatisfied with his liking for Xue Yun. Now that Ying Cheng Lin Bu Chi is not in Qingtang, he still He could barely suppress these two women who were like cow dung, but Ying Cheng and Lin Bu came back, what if he wanted to kill Xueyun, or if he wanted to take Xueyun away?
Although he was Zanpu, most of the courtiers and generals in the dynasty and the leaders of various clans only listened to Ying Chenglin Bu's words and understood that he was just a puppet.In fact, he knew very well that Ying Cheng Lin Bu Chi would have replaced him long ago and killed him if the lowest herdsmen and ordinary soldiers hadn't remained respectful and loyal to him.

Jiao Siluo looked at Xueyun's charming face, temporarily put aside his worries, and said, "This yellow snow chrysanthemum is worn on your head, making your beauty even more fascinating."

Xueyun bent down and sat on the cushion made of soft yaks, looked up at Jiao Siluo with a sad expression on his face, and burst into tears, the appearance of pear blossoms with rain fell on Jiao Siluo's eyes, and his heart broke suddenly : "Xueyun, what's wrong with you."

Xueyun wept sadly and said: "They all said that after Master Ying Cheng Lin Bu Chi came back, the concubine would be snatched or killed by Ying Cheng Lin Bu Chi. The concubine would not be able to be with you."

Jiaosi Luo's rather handsome face suddenly became bloodshot, and then became painful and a bit ferocious, and said through gritted teeth, "Don't worry Xueyun, I will definitely protect you."

Xue Yun said with a look of despair: "But they said you can't protect me."

Jiao Siluo felt so painful that he was about to bleed, seeing the look of expectation on Xue Yun's face, he was speechless for a moment.

With a sad face, Xueyun stretched out his hands to gently hold Jiaosiluo's face, looked at Jiaosiluo with a pair of beautiful eyes that seemed to sink one's soul into it, and said softly: "If there is a way for me and You're together, are you willing to work on it, do something that takes a lot of courage to do?"

Jiao Siluo said without hesitation: "I am willing, no matter how difficult it is, even death, as long as I can be with you, I am willing to do it."

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of horns soaring to the sky, followed by the sound of horseshoes outside Zanpu Palace.

Jiao Si Luo couldn't help being stunned, and shouted: "Come here, go and see what happened?"

A guard outside the door quickly ran out with a promise.

Just as the sound of the horn stopped, the sound of horseshoes became more urgent, and there was some panic outside.

The sound of the horn that had just stopped sounded again, louder than the first time. Jiao Siluo finally reacted and understood what the sound of the horn, especially the three sounds of the horn, meant that an enemy had come outside Qingtang City.

Jiao Siluo felt unbelievable, but soon the guard who ran out before came back and reported the specific situation to him. It turned out that an enemy had attacked the city, and it was not one of the other three Tubo kingdoms that Jiao Siluo thought of before, but Yingcheng Linbu rebuked the army sent by Xiangfu Kingdom with the army to attack.In addition, the general in charge of Qingtang city defense affairs, Ying Chenglin Buchi's confidantes sent someone to tell him that the enemy only had 1 people, and they still had [-] troops in the city.The enemy can't get in at all.

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At the same time, outside the northern part of Qingtang City.

Han Tao led an army of [-] soldiers and Chen Bing stopped two miles away. While resting, he began to prepare for the siege.

Not long after, under the gloomy sky, the dull sound of war drums sounded.Under Han Tao's order, the three thousand cavalrymen dismounted from their horses, turned into three thousand infantry, and advanced towards Qingtang City step by step. The [-] army led by Lin Buchi has been wiped out, Yingcheng Lin Buchi is dead, if you want to survive, you must not surrender."

This sentence was obviously the result of Han Tao's order to make the 3000 people prepare. He shouted it three times in a row, and half of the Tubo people in Qingtang City could hear it.

Therefore, the next moment, the people in Qingtang City were startled for a moment, and then there was an uproar, and there was a great commotion.What Han Tao asked people to say was quite credible to the Tubo people. Just imagine, if the [-] army led by Ying Cheng and Lin Buchi hadn't been wiped out, how could the Xiangfu army have reached Qingtang City?

However, the guard of Qingtang City refused to believe it, because a few days ago Yingcheng Linbuchi sent someone to send a secret letter, specifically confessing that the army of Xiangfu Kingdom might cross Qilian Mountain from Liangzhou to attack Hehuang.For this reason, Qingtang City, which originally had 5000 people garrisoned, sent 5000 people to support Tianxian Pass in Qilian Mountains. Adding the original 20 defenders, Tianxian Pass already has [-] troops.Blindly told that he had been to the Heavenly Danger Pass, and he could swear to the Living Buddha that even with an army of [-], or even [-] troops, it would be difficult to break through the Tiandan Pass.Therefore, Blind Call originally never believed that the army of Xiangfu Kingdom would attack the Hehuang area, and even without his knowledge, it seemed like a magical soldier descended from heaven and came outside Qingtang City.

In view of this, Blind Shouting's expression changed at the first moment, and what he thought of was also Ying Chenglin Bu's scolding Master whether he was defeated and was beaten to Qingtang.But when I think about it, it is absolutely impossible. Even if the [-] troops of Master Yingcheng and Linbu are really wiped out, there are more than a dozen passes along the road from Lanzhou, Wushengjun, Sanyanchuan, Hezhou, Huangyuan, and Qingtang. Dozens of large and small Tubo tribes, Xiangfu Kingdom's army is absolutely impossible to attack Qingtang, and it is even more impossible to attack Qingtang silently.

However, no matter how many impossibilities there are, the reality in front of us is that Xiangfu Kingdom's army has really reached Qingtang City.

Blind call can be left by Ying Cheng Lin Bu to guard Qingtang City, especially looking at Zanpu Jiao Siluo, he is naturally not an ordinary person, leading the army to fight is one aspect, and his mind is not weak.His mind turned, and he immediately guessed that the army of Xiangfu Kingdom must have found a secret path in Qilian Mountain.

With such a conclusion, Blind Call was extremely annoyed at the shouts of 3000 people from Xiangfu Kingdom outside the city, and shouted: "Everyone, don't listen to the enemy's nonsense. They came from the secret path of Qilian Mountain. Yingcheng Linbu Master Chi is still alive and well."

Shouting like this, shouting blindly, and sending people to shout around the city to calm people's hearts, but foreign enemies suddenly came outside Qingtang City, which had been in peace for decades, and the impact on the Tubo people in the city, mainly Tubo nobles, was extremely severe. Big, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

However, at this time, the blind calls were no longer to be taken care of, because after the three thousand pawns of Xiangfu Kingdom shouted three times, they walked forward into the land of arrows. It fell from three directions.

"Shield formation!"

The 3000 people consisted of three battalions. The shouts of the three battalion commanders came one after another, and countless shining large shields were erected. Soon, the 3000 people turned into three giant 'steel turtles'.

Because there were no siege equipment such as shielded chariots other than trebuchets and giant crossbows, Han Tao specially asked each cavalry from Liangzhou City to carry a large shield on their horses.

Three giant steel tortoises were still slowly heading towards Qingtang City. At the same time, a pair of giant guns and crossbows were dragged by bullock carts into Qingtang City, and stopped at a distance of about [-] steps. With the device, every three soldiers can be in charge of a giant spear and crossbow, and the operation is extremely simple, no matter what kind of arms they are in Xiangfu Kingdom, they can operate it.

At this time, under the force of a soldier shaking the gear handle vigorously, the winch spun the giant gun crossbow. A crossbow with a thick arm was placed on the chute, and another soldier with the strongest body Holding the handle of the giant crossbow, he aimed at the tall city wall of Qingtang City from a distance.

(End of this chapter)