Chapter 124: Battle in eastern Yunnan

The Tang army rushed out of the city gate, and there were dark peaks in the distance. Large areas of forests were distributed on the rolling hills. A muddy road passed through the woods and extended to the distance. Rice fields of various shapes were spread on both sides of the road. There were traces of large groups of people walking, countless horse hoof prints and several long wheel tracks. It was obvious that the Nanzhao delegation followed this road, and the time was not long. Since the other party had a carriage, they should be able to catch up quickly.

Li Qing was meditating and silent. Later, Li Siye saw Li Qing stopping, so he stepped forward and asked, "Why did Yangming stop and not chase after him?"

"I think since King Han Gui is here to negotiate, how could he not have a supporter? Han Chongdao will suffer a loss if he continues to pursue this way."

He immediately turned around and said to Wu Xingsu: "Take a few brothers to catch up with Han Chongdao quickly, tell him not to chase him, and hurry back to the city to prepare for war!"

Wu Xingsu got the order, and with a move, he led several brothers to the south. Li Qing called Nan Jiyun again and said, "If I were Zhao Quanwei, I would definitely not walk slowly with the brigade. I was worried that he would find another small path to escape." He pointed to a small path to the northwest of the woods, "You take fifty brothers to another road. If there is any situation, please order someone to inform me, and I will respond later."

Li Qing turned around and said to Zhang Chua, who was wearing Tang army armor and proudly, "You are familiar with the terrain here, and you go with General Nan."

Nan Jiyun and Zhang Chai agreed in unison, rushed up the path on the ridge of the field, led fifty horses and galloped along the edge of the woods, like a dark cloud, which quickly shrank into a black dot.

At this time, Gao Zhandao stepped forward and said, "It's better for me to go with Lao Ba, I'm better at tracking."

Li Qing glanced at him and smiled and said, "I have another more important task to you."

Gao Zhandao was shocked, his eyes were extremely excited, and he was ready to wait for Li Qing's task.

"You go to Kunzhou and order Li Mi to send food to Dongdong City of Dian immediately."

Gao Zhandao hesitated and said, "Then Li Mi is the Censor, and he may not listen to me."

Li Qing smiled slightly, "If others go, he may not listen, but if you go, he will definitely listen."

Gao Zhandao was stunned, with an unbelievable look in his eyes. Seeing that his left and right were two feet away, he leaned forward and stared at Li Qing's eyes and whispered: "Do you understand?"

Li Qing punched him and said with a smile: "You think I am a fool. Do you really think this Guoyi Captain fell from the world? You were too late to get on the boat that day, so I guess it was you."

Gao Zhandao was ashamed in his eyes and said, "Actually, I did not come to Chengdu for you, but Zhang Qiu Jianqiong. I just followed you by chance."

Li Qing smiled and said, "I know, I am a ninth-rank official, what is necessary for surveillance? It's just that food is related to whether our mission in eastern Yunnan can be completed. It is important. You must keep a close eye on Li Mi and don't be careless."

Seeing that Li Qing didn't care about his identity, Gao Zhandao felt a warm feeling in his heart. He nodded, "Don't worry, I will never let down my mission!"

He had just walked for less than two steps, but heard a chuckle behind him, "Actually, I can't tell you, try it first!" Gao Zhan shook his body and almost didn't fall off his horse.

When Li Siye saw Gao Zhandao go away, he stepped forward and said, "Yangming, be careful. I have seen Li Mi once, he is treacherous and despicable. I am worried that he will steal your credit."

Li Qing looked at Gao Zhandao's back, which was already far away, and said lightly: "Don't worry, even if the prince and Li Linfu help him together, he will not be able to take it away!"

Speaking of this, Li Qing thrust his waist and laughed, "Brothers, follow me to chase him!"

Li Qingyi urged the war horses, and hundreds of cavalry Tang troops followed the horse traces on the road and chased them along the road. As Li Qing expected, Nanzhao Piluo Pavilion pressed the treasures of eastern Yunnan on Han Chongdao, not Han Guiwang. Although Han Guiwang was inclined to Nanzhao, his ambitions were shown and it was not easy to control. On the contrary, Han Chongdao had to be more obedient, and when Zhao Quanwei arrived, he expressed his willingness to surrender to Nanzhao.

After Zhao Quanwei left the city, he led more than a dozen guards and Ruyu to escape by taking a small road. Although this possibility was thought out by Li Qing, Li Qing did not expect that in addition to the 500 people who followed him into the city, Zhao Quanwei actually brought another thousand guards and stationed dozens of miles away. Once there was an opportunity in eastern Yunnan, he would take action to control the situation.

Let’s talk about Nan Jiyun walking around the woods and running for only a while, he found the horse’s hoof prints, all of which had just been stepped on. Nan Jiyun was overjoyed and immediately urged the horse to chase after him. He chased him for more than ten miles and crossed a high slope. Sure enough, he saw two horses running wildly in front of him. The horse was dressed up by the envoy of Nanzhao. Nan Jiyun took off his bow and arrow and chased the horse for another period of time. Seeing that there were less than a hundred steps apart, Xu was right at the other side and shot two arrows in a row. The arrows were like meteors to catch the moon. They were in the hind legs of the two horses in front. The two horses neighed and fell to the ground, lifting the two horses out of the moment.

"General Nan, they are not!" Zhang Chua pulled open the hats of the two and couldn't help but scream. Both of them were young faces and were so scared that they were shrinking into a ball.

"I'm fooled!" Nan Jiyun gritted his teeth fiercely, "Cut them and follow me to chase them!"

This time, their distance was farther away. There were many hills on the eastern Yunnan Plateau and densely forested trees, as if they were everywhere. It was very easy to get lost. Fortunately, Zhang Chai was familiar with the terrain. Nan Jiyun and his party returned from the original road and chased for dozens of miles northwest. At first, they could see hoof prints, but the further the meadows began to become thicker and denser, no horseshoe prints were found again. In a hurry, Nan Jiyun saw a small hill on the right side, with a high mountain and a wide view on the top of the mountain. You can see the distance. A big tree on the top has been cut off, standing barely, like a person looking into the distance.

Nan Jiyun's heart moved, and he jumped off his horse and walked towards the top of the mountain. He saw green grass covered with all kinds of mountain flowers that could not be named, colorful and blooming brilliantly. He bent down from time to time to check the ground. A gust of wind blew, and the thick grass was undulating like waves, tidying all the artificial traces. However, when he arrived at the mountain path not far from the top of the mountain, a stream flowed through. On the wet mud, he finally found the target, a long list of messy footprints, and a woman's footprints.

The footprints went towards the top of the mountain and then fell down from the side. If they hadn't looked at them deliberately, they wouldn't have noticed them at all. The footprints were very large, as if they were running in a hurry.

Nan Jiyun said to himself, "The woman's footprint must be Awan's sister. I wonder what they saw on the top of the mountain? I was so anxious. Was it myself? It shouldn't be that my origin was blocked by a forest and it was impossible to see it."

He hesitated in his heart. He wanted to go up the mountain in person. Perhaps he could find any clues to solve the mystery in his heart. But time was so urgent. After thinking about it, he suddenly pulled forward, jumped over huge flat stones along the way. The armor leaves on his body made a sound, staggering on the grass, running towards the top of the mountain.

When he reached the top of the mountain, he jumped onto a huge rock and looked at the thug curtain. But he saw the sunlight dark, the earth became vast and vast, and the vast Dianchi Lake could be seen from afar. He looked at each other in the north and south directions. With the ability to see, except for the distant mountains, he saw a goshawk circling in the sky and slowly falling to the ground.

Nan Jiyun was not only very eye-catching, but also had a sharp hearing. He heard a sound from the forests in Hexi below the mountain. He was stunned. The sound of footsteps accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, getting closer and closer to him. "There is an enemy!" He shouted, turned around and ran, took a long leg, and rushed to the bottom of the mountain in a few steps. "Brothers, cheer up, our business is here!"

The footsteps became louder and louder, and dozens of war horses suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain. On the left and right sides of the hills, two large groups of black Nanzhao soldiers were pouring out, with spears like a forest, with thousands of people. Seeing that there were only a few dozen of them, they were so excited that they screamed, their screams were harsh and fierce.

Leaving before the enemy discovers is called retreat, but when the enemy discovers it, it calls running away. Nan Jiyun stands proudly. He never knows what it means to escape. He only knows that meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins. Fifty Tang cavalry line up, holding up swords in their hands, and cold lights flashing in the sun. They all have serious eyes, their lips are tense straight, and a strong wind blows, slapping their clothes and making noises. The armor of the Tang soldiers looks particularly bright on them.

"Kill them!" An officer rushed down the hill and shouted loudly: "Mr. Zhao has an order to kill them all!"

But before he finished speaking, an arrow flew over, with a 'Puff!', blood splattered, and the arrow shot into his mouth, penetrated his head. Nan Jiyun put his giant bow and laughed softly, "Damn it should be you!"

"Clash with me!"

Fifty war horses rushed straight towards the top of the mountain like a sharp sword. Nan Jiyun gently stretched out his ape's arms and shot arrows one after another. When the bowstring sounded, a man turned over and fell off the horse. Tang army rushed to the high slope. Nan Jiyun took the bow and arrow on his back, shook his long spear, spit out five spear tips, and rushed straight towards Zhao Quanwei in the crowd. Zhao Quanwei was able to respond to the army. He was just a little shocked, and now he saw a white horse and silver spear coming to him. His mighty and fierce murderous aura was shocked, which made him tremble and his sword fell to the ground.

The guards around him were furious when they saw the arrogance of the Tang general and rushed forward to Nan Jiyun. Nan Jiyun roared, turned his horse's head and led his men to rush down to the other side of the hill. But at the moment of going down the mountain, he saw him pulling his gun and taking a bow, aiming at the arrow, and doing the action in one go, clean and neat. With a "swoosh!", the wolf-toothed arrow passed through the crowd and passed through the gap like lightning. One arrow hit Zhao Quanwei's throat. He covered his throat and looked at Nan Jiyun in disbelief. He turned over and fell to his horse and died.

Nan Jiyun laughed to the sky and rushed down the mountain. When the generals of Nanzhao saw that the envoys they escorted were dead, they were all frightened and hated the Tang general who was extremely powerful. The Nanzhao army had crossed the mountainside and attacked the Tang army from both sides.

This time, Nan Jiyun stopped running away. Seeing that the enemy was in chaos, he shouted, "Follow me!"

I saw his silver spear flying like pear blossoms in the sky, pushing away the arrows flying all over the sky, and killing straight towards the Nanzhao army on the right. Fifty cavalry behind him followed closely, and rows of shields raised to form a shield wall, resisting arrows, and sweeping forward like a wind-spraying war horses, rushing forward, and slashing fiercely. There were many soldiers in Nanzhao, and the Tang army kept falling down by arrows, or the horse's legs were cut off from their crotch, and they fell into the enemy group and were killed into mud, but none of the Tang army was timid.

The death of the comrades further aroused their wildness in killing people. So, howling and moaning suddenly started. A silver spear flew from left to right, dozens of swords flew up and down, and a bloody road was set among the dense Nanzhao army. The violent horses were better than storms. They kicked everything under this bloody road, overwhelmed everything, and were invincible. The blood bravery of the Tang army shocked the people of Nanzhao. He had already been in chaos and could no longer hold it. He shouted and ran towards the scattered.

Such a strange scene occurred on the eastern Yunnan Plateau. A large group of Nanzhao troops were chasing behind him, while another group of Nanzhao troops in front was killed and fled in scattered areas. In the middle was a team of Tang troops, with neat teams and blood all over, like a group of evil ghosts rushing out of the Hall of Hell.

Suddenly, accompanied by a low shout, a loud horn sounded. The mountains were shocked and the valley echoed. A large group of Tang army cavalry appeared on the top of the mountain. A general with an iron helmet pointed his sword and the cavalry shouted in unison, like a roaring waterfall, killing towards the Nanzhao army at the foot of the mountain. Three hundred brave and warlike Tang army soldiers gathered together to form a huge iron fist and swept everything on the eastern Yunnan plateau.

The smoke of gunpowder gradually faded and the war subsided. Everyone buried more than a dozen soldiers who died in battle on the hillside and put their heads to the north.

Almost all of the Nanzhao army were killed in this encounter, leaving only dozens of soldiers who survived surrender. They buried the bodies of the Nanzhao soldiers. Together with all the missions that had been killed before, the Nanzhao missions finally failed to escape.

Nan Jiyun sat on a big rock, silently carved the names of the fallen brothers on a piece of wood, looking sad. Li Qing pressed his shoulder and was about to speak, but he saw Li Siye carrying a woman in red in his hand and greeted him.

The woman was Ruyu, who was found in the woods by Tang Jun. She was frightened by the corpses all over the ground. When she saw Li Qing, she started crying sadly.

"What should she do?" Li Siye threw Ruyu on the ground.

Li Qing looked at the woman with a disgust and said, "She is the daughter of Piluoge, so let it be handed over to Han Chongdao first!"

He got up and looked at the situation around him, "I asked my brothers to clean up and prepare to go back."

At this time, several horses rushed over. It was Wu Xingsu who had been sent by Li Qing to inform Han Chongdao before. Seeing that the war had ended, he was very upset and came to Li Qing. Wu Xingsu dismounted and reported: "The last time he was notified to Han Chongdao in time, he has now returned to the eastern city of Yunnan to prepare for the war."

After Wu Xingsu said that, he was about to leave when he suddenly saw Ru Yu with disheveled hair. He remembered something and pointed at her and said, "Han Chongdao repeatedly reminded that if the general catches this woman, he will send it back to him no matter what. He is willing to exchange it with the snatched Vajra Crown."
Chapter completed!