After Xu Yunyan arranged everything, he led the army slowly towards the north.
Tongguan is indeed a dangerous military fortress. After walking out of Tongguan and walking all the way north, although there is not much food and supplies, this is not a problem for the elite defenders of Xuanwu Sect with thousands of guns.
If they couldn't survive in the wild, Xu Yunyan's training would be in vain.
It's another new day. After eating and drinking, Xu Yunyan rubbed his belly with satisfaction when looking at the camp with so many prey. This is called enjoyment.
Xu Yunyan said this half-jokingly, not only did he leave the guarding position of the Xuanwu Gate, which was always on tenterhooks, but it also made him happy to be able to taste these delicacies outside.
It was just that not long after Xu Yunyan was happy, when he crossed a river and galloped north again, a group of scouts from far away quickly rode their horses and approached Xu Yunyan.
"Report! General, there is a situation ahead."
"Oh? Is there something going on ahead?"
This made Xu Yunyan unexpected: "What's going on ahead?"
While Xu Yunyan was waiting for his messenger to report. Dozens of small black dots appeared on the distant horizon. Along with them, there were some unique Turkic eagles soaring in the sky.
Seeing this, Xu Yunyan's face turned a little dark.
"We wouldn't have bumped into the Turks by chance!"
However, as soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, he felt his teeth itching with hatred.
"This is the territory of our country, the Tang Dynasty. How dare Turkic soldiers come to our country, looking for death!"
As Xu Yunyan said this, the messenger looked at him awkwardly.
"General, this person is not here to cut grass in the valley, but is going to Chang'an to trade with some goods. It should be a caravan."
When the messenger said this, Xu Yunyan was unhappy and turned to look at them.
"How did you get this information? How did the caravan confirm it? And how could it be possible that they were going to Chang'an? This is the border of Bingzhou. What are they going to Chang'an for? It's not going to Jinyang, right?"
After Xu Yunyan said this, he immediately trembled with fright.
"Wait a minute, what if they go to Jinyang? This will be another big trouble!"
Just when Xu Yunyan was touching his chin and thinking about these things, suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.
"Quick! Ambush nearby, ambush! Wait for them to see what's going on."
But as soon as Xu Yunyan commanded his troops to ambush, Liu Xiaopeng came to his side.
"General, we have seen those little black dots in the distance. They should be Turks. We have discovered them. Have they also discovered us? Is it appropriate for us to ambush them?"
Xu Yunyan's face suddenly pulled at this time.
"This is the benefit of having air superiority. Although these falcons may not be able to detect us, even if they are discovered, there is no way to tell these Turks that they are here, but there will always be something abnormal if they are discovered. These people have been with us since childhood. People who grew up with eagles might understand these meanings of eagles.”
Just when Xu Yunyan was struggling with the lack of air superiority and thinking about whether to use a crossbow to shoot down the big eagle in the sky, Liu Xiaopeng said something else.
"Why don't I bring someone up to ask and see what they are doing? If they are a caravan, it doesn't matter if we are ambushing them or not. If they are enemy troops, even if we are ambushing here, I guess it won't matter. Will they also attack us?"
Although Liu Xiaopeng's words were just a guess, Xu Yunyan happened to hear this guess and had a plan in mind.
"You are so, so, so, so..."
Following Xu Yunyan's arrangements, Liu Xiaopeng reluctantly led dozens of Tang soldiers to meet the more than thirty Turks.
When Liu Xiaopeng met them, he saw that there was indeed such a large convoy moving slowly behind as the scout said.
Liu Xiaopeng also waved a small flag casually in his hand to convey the message to Xu Yunyan behind him.
Is it really a caravan?
Just when Xu Yunyan was muttering here and there was a caravan in front of him, the small flag in Liu Xiaopeng's hand waved a few more times.
This represents a situation.
How can it be? Doesn't this mean a caravan?
Is it disguised?
Seeing the more than thirty people surrounding Liu Xiaopeng and others with obviously evil intentions, Xu Yunyan waved his hand, and Zhang Hong and Zhang Xin came to Xu Yunyan like a pug.
"What orders does the general have?"
"You two take people there immediately to see what's going on."
"Look, General."
Following Xu Yunyan's arrangements, Zhang Hong and Zhang Xin hurriedly took orders to mount their horses and rushed forward with their respective subordinates.
Originally, Xu Yunyan's team was not large, but these two people took away half of them. Xu Yunyan, who was ambushing behind him, felt that it didn't matter whether he was ambush or not, so he immediately got on his horse and distributed tasks at will.
Divide the remaining team into two parties and outflank the caravan to see what the situation is like.
As soon as Xu Yunyan made arrangements, the Tang army, which had only a thousand men, broke out with a fighting power that tens of thousands of people could not match, and easily surrounded the Turkic caravan.
After Xu Yunyan surrounded them, he realized that this Turkic caravan was indeed in serious trouble.
Most of the people who escorted supplies to Chang'an for exchange were elderly Turks. There were basically no young adults among them, and even those who did were injured and disabled.
It's hard to say whether it's makeup or not. Looking at this strange caravan, before he could study why there was such a scene, he saw something even more unexpected.
The group of people surrounding Liu Xiaopeng and the others gathered together immediately after Xu Yunyan arrived with the army. However, even if they gathered together, Xu Yunyan saw that some of the people in this group were quite different. .
Looking at their weird clothes and weird hairstyles, although some people didn't know what kind of decoration they were, Xu Yunyan could tell it at a glance.
kimono?
These are actually a bunch of damn Japanese pirates!
When Xu Yunyan was surprised, these people looked at the Tang army with bright armor and surrounded them. One of them, speaking a bit sloppy Chinese, stepped forward and started talking.
"Dear General Datang, we are envoys from the previous dynasty. We stayed here because of the war. The war is over. We want to take our men back to the Central Plains and seek opportunities to return to our country."
Hearing this, Xu Yunyan suddenly realized.
"So you are not a Turk?"
"no no!"
The old Japanese pirate shook his head here and said.
"Since you are not Turks and have entered our territory in the Tang Dynasty without authorization, can you report it?"
"This...is there such a thing? When we came here from our country to study, there was no such thing."
Seeing how these people spoke so casually here, not taking what he just said seriously at all, but instead debating with themselves here based on the system of the previous dynasty, Xu Yunyan became a little angry.
But before he could say anything, Liu Xiaopeng, Xu Yunyan's hardcore dogleg, shouted.
"Bold! What the general says is what it says. How can you allow you to quibble here? No matter you are in the previous dynasty or now, you just want to enter my territory casually without even saying anything. Do you think this is appropriate?"
Suddenly, as Liu Xiaopeng shouted, the Tang troops surrounding them drew their sabers from their waists and pointed them at them. However, the Japanese pirates did not show any fear when they saw this, but instead smiled indifferently.
"Sir, let's get over it now. Although we didn't report it, we have been walking for such a long time, and many officers and soldiers have discovered us, and they have not raised this issue. Can you forgive us for once?"
Looking at these Japanese pirates who were flexible and flexible, Xu Yunyan knew that these people were difficult to deal with.
"But if you want to continue walking in our territory to learn our advanced technology and return to your backward country to improve your lives, you don't have to think about it."
After making a plan, he said to them, "You want to go back to China, but it seems impossible."
These Japanese pirates were instantly shocked when they heard that Xu Yunyan would not let them return home.
"General, why is this happening? Has something happened to our homeland?"
