The decision has been made, and everyone is afraid that the Hidden Alliance will still have help nearby. After all, they can set fire to Yinglong City on Longju Island. There must be other masters in Xihai who are not under Piluo Pavilion in martial arts. This person may be Pei Min, Ye Guizhen, or even Li Zhuer or other unknown hidden masters.
If Piluo Pavilion and the rest of the Yin Alliance reunite and the killer comes back, it will definitely be a fierce battle. It is better to avoid the edge and go to the Shenwei Army first to find the main force of the Tang Army, so as to understand what happened on Longju Island first. , and then decide the next step.
Everyone had already hidden their horses at the mouth of the Haqu River in the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Fuqi City. Nan Jiyun shot a whistle into the sky, and everyone walked eastward along the road. Within a moment, they met the oncoming horses and rushed The horse people were also very surprised to see Jiang Shuo and hurriedly came forward to greet him. They turned out to be the Xiang Qiang medicine farmers of the Xihai Party led by Tuoba Qimei, and the Caobang brothers led by Xiao Dayou.
The Shenwei Army was in the northeastern corner of the West Sea and needed to circle the entire West Sea from the north, riding for more than 200 miles. Dugu Xiang held the hay and jade-topped yellow and said to Jiang Shuo: "Brother Shuo, let's ride together."
Long Xiangma also recognized Jiang Shuo, and moved his big head up to rub against him.
Ge Ruliang said, "Xianger, please don't be rude. You can change your horse to ride on it."
Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang used to ride together on dragons and horses, but at that time they were half-grown children, and they could be said to be childhood sweethearts with no taboos. Now they are both grown men and women. Although they are in love with each other, they are not married after all. Need to avoid suspicion.
Dugu Xiang still didn't understand why, pouting and refusing to change horses, but Mrs. Achu had already brought over another tall white horse and said to Dugu Xiang: "Xiang'er, listen to your words..."
Jiang Shuo recognized this horse as the Dawan horse that was raised in Xixi Villa back then, named "Jade Lion". It was once Dugu Xiang's favorite horse.
Dugu Xiang was still a little afraid of her. Seeing that his mother-in-law didn't help her, he could only get on the jade lion angrily and chase his grandfather to the front of the team.
Ge Ruliang looked ashamed and said to Jiang Shuo, "My little girl is shapeless. Don't be offended, young master."
Jiang Shuo knew more or less how to protect men and women, so he hurriedly crossed his hands and returned the courtesy: "Master Ge Zhuang doesn't need to be polite, Shuo'er can't bear it."
At this time, Xiao Dayou came up and said with a playful smile: "That's right, that's right...what do the future father-in-law and son-in-law do to be so incompatible with each other?"
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Shuo and Ge Ruliang both blushed and felt uncomfortable. Mrs. Achu quickly used an excuse to drag Ge Ruliang to another part of the team.
Jiang Shuo didn't want to continue the topic about himself and Xiang'er, so he said to Xiao Dayou: "Brother Xiao, why are you here in Xihai?"
Xiao Dayou smiled and said: "It's not just me. There are quite a few brothers from the Cao Gang who are in Xihai now."
It turned out that after Jiang Shuo disappeared, Ge Ruliang became the acting leader of the Jianghu Alliance, and Xie Yanchang became the acting leader of the Cao Gang. This time, the Tang army besieged Tubo, especially Ge Shuhan, who used troops on three sides. Food and grass supplies became a big problem for the court. A large number of civilians were recruited to transport food to the front lines.
Jiang Shuo wondered: "The Tubo Plateau is blocked by high mountains and waterways are impassable. How can we use our canal gang?"
Xiao Dayou said: "Not only is the waterway impassable, but the land route cannot be carried by carts. It can only be carried by mules, horses or porters. Before Wei Xianggong dredged the canal transport, many sections of the river with rapid currents and difficult navigation had to be carried by people. Now that you have to transport grain to the plateau, don’t you think of us again?”
When he mentioned Wei Jian, Jiang Shuo couldn't help but his eyes turned red again, and said: "Xiangong Wei was dedicated to the common people in the world, and he did all the good things that benefited the country and the people, but he was framed and killed by the treacherous Li Linfu. .”
Xiao Dayou said: "So young master, you already know...Hey, if it weren't for Xianggong Wei, our Cao Gang brothers wouldn't want to lie in this muddy water! In order to frame Xianggong Wei, Li Linfu captured my gang along the canal There are many brothers, young master, although you have rescued a few of us, how can you save thousands of brothers who are actually imprisoned?"
Jiang Shuo nodded and said: "I was supposed to rescue the detained Caobang brothers with all the elder brothers, but then we went deep into Zhongtiao, then went to Chang'an, and then all the way west, through Kongtong, to the West Sea. To put aside the affairs of the Cao Gang is to be unworthy of the position of the leader of the gang."
Xiao Dayou said: "Young master, where did you come from? You destroyed the demon sect, showed your power in Longshang, and defeated the Tubo and Dashi coalition forces in the West Sea. These were all major events for the country and the people. We Caobang brothers all admire you very much. .”
Hearing this, Jiang Shuo could only smile and shake his head. In the end, he realized that most of the time, he was used by the Hidden Alliance, and many things were not what he thought.
Xiao Dayou continued: "After Wei Xianggong died, Li Linfu no longer had the time to deal with our Cao gang's gangsters. The local government offices successively released all the imprisoned Cao workers. At this time, several brothers who had been imprisoned with Wei Xianggong were released from prison, and Wei Xianggong's words came out. He had known that the Tang Dynasty was using troops against Tibet, and the transportation of grain and grass would be inconvenient. If Longyou was occupied by Tibet, there would be no danger in Guanzhong. , then Chang'an is in danger."
Jiang Shuo nodded and said: "I think Ma Xiangzhong Bajie is very ambitious. Although Tubo is currently on the defensive in Shibao City, once it rushes down the plateau, the Tibetan cavalry and strong archers will be a great threat to all places in Longyou." .”
Xiao Dayou said: "Yes, that's why Wei Xianggong said that if the imperial court recruits civilians to transport grain, the Cao Gang must be willing to help transport grain regardless of past grudges. This is not for Li Linfu, let alone today's saints, but for the common people of the world. ... Therefore, several of our leaders, together with Brother Xie, recommended themselves to the army to transport food for the country."
Hearing this, Jiang Shuo sighed and said, "Although Xianggong Wei does not know martial arts, his words and deeds can be called a great chivalrous man."
He couldn't help but think of the scene when he first met Wei Jian that year in Heyin, where there was continuous heavy rain. Wei Jian was wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat, with his legs rolled up and his trousers rolled up, and he seemed to be walking in the mud right in front of him.
Xiao Dayou was silent for a while, but he was optimistic by nature and immediately laughed loudly: "Young Master, you will see many acquaintances in the Tang Army in a while. This time to transport food, Hun Er is in Heluo In charge of supervision, Mr. Xie is in charge in Guanzhong, while Lu Lang is in charge of distribution matters at the Huangyuan front line. Not to mention transporting grain, we are almost becoming the grain officers of the Tang Army."
Jiang Shuo also said happily: "Caobang can serve the Tang army. Firstly, it shows the patriotism of the brothers. Secondly, it also shows that the imperial court still relies heavily on Caobang. I hope that after this battle, the lives of the brothers in Caobang will be easier." .”
When I was with Xiao Dayou, I didn't have to worry about running out of things to talk. After a while, Xiang'er saw the excitement they were talking about and came back to join in the conversation. With him and his two companions chatting and laughing all the way, it was naturally very lively. Jiang Shuo had only With Mahayan, Mahayan doesn't talk so much, and he doesn't make jokes or tell anecdotes like Xiao Dayou and Duguxiang, making the whole team laugh.
The two hundred miles of road were all flat gravel roads along the coast, and everyone rode good horses. They galloped from Yinye to dawn. After sunrise, the firelight from Yinglong City was no longer visible, and there was no light on the sea. There were no ships coming and going. After noon, the cavalry approached the mountains to the east. They saw a small fortress of half stone and half wood standing on the foot of a steep mountain, which was the station of the Shenwei Army.
Ge Shuhan was in a hurry to build the Shenwei Army, and he was building a city on the front line of the war. The Tibetan land was full of frozen soil, so it was impossible to dig dirt and rammed earth to build the city. There were also no tall trees on the mountains to make wooden fences. Therefore, the method adopted by the Tang army was to quarry stones first to build the foundation. , and then erected short logs as walls on the stone piers. When the two are superimposed, they are barely seven or eight feet high.
However, due to the dangerous terrain, the Tibetan army came to attack the city wall, which was seven or eight feet high, but failed to achieve success. Instead, it was outflanked by the Tang army's light cavalry, and they returned home defeated and defeated.
Everyone surrounded Jiang Shuo and went up the mountain, only to see a group of Tang Army cavalry coming down. The leader of the group was shouting: "Stop! Don't go any further!"
Xiao Dayou immediately stepped forward and said: "Commander Wang, I am Xiao Dayou from the Cao Gang. Don't you recognize me?"
The king was looking strange, shaking his head vigorously, and shouted: "What's the big deal? What's the deal? I've never heard of it, I've never heard of it... This is an important land for military strategists. How could you guys get it?" Go quickly, go quickly!”
Xiao Dayou's eyes widened in disbelief and said: "Captain Wang, haven't we seen each other for a few days? Why don't you recognize me? I am..."
Captain Wang interrupted him rudely and said, "What the hell? Leave quickly!"
Xiao Dayou wanted to come forward to argue. Nan Jiyun saw that the captain was not moving, but his face was squinting and making eyes. He curled his lips and told them to leave quickly. He knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him. Xiao Dayou said with a smile: "My brother drank some wine earlier and is a little confused now. He bumped into the military master. Don't be surprised. Let's leave now."
Xiao Dayou now turned to stare at Nan Jiyun and said strangely: "Nan Ba, what did you say? When did I drink?"
Nan Jiyun used his strength in his hands and squeezed Xiao Dayou hard. He then gouged out Xiao Dayou and said, "Don't be stupid and come with me quickly."
At this time, Xiao Dayou finally noticed something strange about Captain Wang, and he said yes. The two of them were about to turn around, when a knight behind Captain Wang stepped forward and pressed close to Captain Wang's side, and said with a smile: "Master, Captain, Isn't this Chief Xiao of the Cao Gang? Why don't you remember?"
Team Wang laughed awkwardly and said: "Yes, yes... there seems to be such a person, but they are just some hard laborers. Who can remember what they look like?"
The man chuckled and said, "The leader Xiao is not a small person. There are only four leaders among the hundreds of thousands of Cao gangs in the world."
As he spoke, he reined in the horse's head, stepped aside, and said: "Xiao Boss, please come into the city quickly."
At this time, everyone knew that there must be something strange in the city. Xiao Dayou couldn't help but look back at Jiang Shuo. Dugu Xiang also asked Jiang Shuo in a low voice: "Brother Shuo, what should I do?"
The man misunderstood. He thought that the person Xiao Da looked back at and the person Dugu Xiang asked in a low voice were the old advisor behind Jiang Shuo. The man was slightly startled, and then said loudly: "It turns out that the elder of the martial arts world, Chai Yunsou, Mr. Dugu is also here, please come into the city quickly."
His shout was obviously a message to the city.
Dugu asked Jiang Shuo and said softly: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. Shuo'er, let's go in and take a look at the strange things in this city."
Then he laughed loudly and said: "Senior, I am Dugu Wen. The horse is tired after a long day of running. Please let the city arrange wine and food to entertain you."
The man crossed his hands and said, "Of course I don't dare to neglect the old man."
He kicked Wang Duizheng next to him again, and Wang Duizheng smiled awkwardly and said: "Yes, yes, please come to the city, senior."
Nan Jiyun stepped forward and whispered: "Dugusou must be careful..."
Dugu Wen also said in a low voice: "I know, Nan Ba, you should be tight on the inside and loose on the outside, be careful of the archers..."
Nan Jiyun patted the quiver on his waist and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I want to see what kind of monster they are."
So Dugu Wen took the lead and led everyone on horseback to run toward the wood and stone fortress on the hillside.
Some people died, but not completely...
