Chapter 131: Break the situation

The thick tree was like a burly giant, looking down at Yu Chengjie who was approaching death step by step. "One step, two steps, three steps". The assassin calculated the best opportunity to take action. The cold light in his eyes became brighter and brighter. He kicked his legs and was about to pounce on his sword. In this moment, a gray shadow swept across his head, as fast as lightning and fire.

Yu Chengjie suddenly felt a feeling on his head. He looked up at the big tree. The branches and leaves were dense and the branches were dense, like a big umbrella blocking the chaotic spring rain for him. He saw nothing. Yu Chengjie shook his head and quickly disappeared into the night rain.

Wang Bing threw the assassin into the pool on the ground, and broke his sword into four or five pieces, and threw it coldly in front of him, "Go back and tell the prince that if you have the ability, you will see the real seal on the battlefield. Don't play such despicable tricks, which will make me look down on you, get out!"

The assassin was sore and numb, and his limbs were not strong at all. He looked up at Wang Bingge, who was like a giant bear. He was stunned by his high martial arts skills. He suddenly heard that he had no intention of killing him. In surprise, he turned over and got up, stumbled, and escaped without a trace after a moment.

Wang Bing looked at his back and ran away, slowly shook his head, and murmured: "You are the hope of Nanzhao, so don't let me down!"

In the dark room, Ge Luofeng stared at the soaked assassin and said coldly: "Didn't you say that you can bring Yu Chengjie's head back to me by your own efforts?"

The assassin knelt on the ground, panting slightly, "There are no less than twenty people I have killed, and I have never failed. Today, I squatted on the big tree for three hours. I was about to succeed, but I was destroyed by one person and captured by him. I almost couldn't come back."

"Hmph! You're lucky if you catch you and even let you come back without any damage."

Ge Luofeng slowly turned around, a murderous intent flashed in her eyes, and a corner of her mouth flew. Several tall and strong men came up to grab him and dragged him out the house. The assassin knew that he didn't believe him, so he was so scared that he kowtowed desperately, "Good Prince! He had something to tell you, so he let me back."

"What do you mean?" Ge Luofeng waved his hand slightly, and several big men let him go again.

The assassin hesitated for a moment and replied: "He said that he would let you and Yu Chengjie meet Zhenzhang on the battlefield, and don't play such a despicable trick."

He felt a chill in his heart. He only tasted this sentence a little bit now. He was simple and naive. Can the lord believe it?

Ge Luofeng suddenly turned around, with an unbelievable look in her eyes, "He wants Yu Chengjie and I to see the truth on the battlefield, so he let you go?"

"Yes! This is how he told his subordinates, and he definitely did not lie." The assassin said timidly.

Ge Luofeng stared at him for a long time, and suddenly laughed to the sky. Based on his intuition, he knew that the person in front of him was not lying. It would be fine if he was an ordinary person, but he still had such a high skill to capture the second killer of the Black Feather Team and could even let him go. This was the first time that such an interesting person had heard of. Ge Luofeng suddenly became interested in Wang Bingge and glanced at him and said, "Let's spare you this time, tell me, what kind of person is he?"

The assassin saw Ge Luofeng spare him and said in surprise and joy: "It is the first time that my subordinates have seen this person. He is extremely tall, like a giant bear."

"I don't know about this?" Ge Luofeng turned around and said angryly to his subordinates: "When will such a person come to Yu Chengjie's mansion? Who do you know?"

At this time, a middle-aged scholar slowly walked forward. He was also an official in the Qingping of Nanzhao, named Duan Fuke, a staunch supporter of Geluofeng and his military advisor. He waved his hand and everyone around him retreated.

"The eldest prince, this person is called Wang Bingge. He was brought from the Tang Dynasty by Yu Chengjie. He is the leader of the Jiannan Dao gang. The king once mentioned this person to me and said that this person is of great use."

Speaking of this, Duan Fuke smiled sinisterly and said, "He is just a chief guard of Yu Chengjie now. Does the eldest prince have no idea?"

Ge Luo raised his head and a cold light shot out from his eagle-like eyes. "How come I have no idea? Let me and Yu Chengjie show the truth on the battlefield, which means that this person has the intention to me and has no choice but to commit himself to Yu Chengjie. If this person is used by me, he will be one of my surprise soldiers and play a role at the most critical moment."

After a pause, Ge Luofeng immediately said to Duan Fuke: "You will do this matter. No matter how much the price is, you must bring him to my side. If he wants to, I want to see him."

Ge Luofeng dispatched troops and extended his hand into the enemy's interior; Tubo envoys were moving around to spread Zanpu's kindness on the banks of Erhai Lake; Wei Jian frequently had a frequent national affairs, and arranged the future of Nanzhao; Yu Chengjie was drunk and dreaming and lingering in a gentle hometown; Chen Xilie struggled to find a sickbed, looking for doctors and medicines, and it seemed that everyone was very busy, but what about Li Qing? He was silent, did he disappear? No! He didn't, he was a wolf, hiding in the dark, looking for opportunities, and preparing to give the enemy a fatal blow.

The guards of the Tang Dynasty mission were stationed in a valley about four miles northeast of Taihe City. To the south of it are rolling hills. From afar, you can see the majestic Cangshan Mountains stretching across the southwest. The distant undulating forests are dark blue, as if floating above the gray-white clouds. The gray-white clouds are the majestic Taihe City.

But today, nothing can be seen. The vast rain and fog obstructed the sight, and the soldiers standing guard could only see the situation two miles away. At this time, the sound of horse hooves penetrated the rain and fog and reached the ears of the soldiers standing guard on the tower.

Several Tang soldiers looked into the distance with their hand curtains. After a moment, a group of cavalry emerged from a small hill four hundred steps away. There were a large number of people, about 300 cavalry. They rushed down the hillside and approached the camp quickly like a strong wind. The knights on the horse were tall and burly, strong and majestic. The black hair under their helmets fluttered, with a grim expression and sharp eyes. They held black horse spears in their hands, murderous aura wrapped around their blades, steel crossbows hanging on their backs, and war knives were slapped around their waists, and shiny armor covered their knees.

"They are Tang Jun! Go and report to the general."

Several sentries were intimidated by the momentum of the visitor. They did not recover until they reached a hundred steps away. They hurried downstairs to report to the Tang army chief Chen Xuanli. Chen Xuanli was about fifty years old and was born with great ears and extraordinary skills. He was young and followed Li Longji to wipe out Princess Taiping. In a flash, decades passed, and his aura disappeared. He changed from a straight dart to a curling blue smoke, leisurely and erratic. He was the chief guard of the Tang Dynasty mission this time, leading more than 3,000 Yulin troops to south to protect the security of the mission.

After hearing the soldiers' reports that hundreds of cavalrymen of the Tang army arrived, Chen Xuanli was surprised at first, and then realized that this must be Li Qing and his subordinates who came from Taihe City. Chen Xuanli guessed that the person was Li Qing. After returning from eastern Yunnan, they had been stationed in Taihe City. This time, they came to the Tang army camp, and there was something important to discuss with Chen Xuanli.

Soon, the camp gate opened wide and Chen Xuanli greeted him with a smile. In name, Li Qing was his deputy general, but in Yibin County, Li Qing was secretly ordered by the emperor to leave the Tang army brigade and formed his own line, so Chen Xuanli did not dare to treat him with the attitude of his superiors.

"General Li has not come to see us since he has returned from eastern Yunnan. He really deserves punishment! You say yourself, what should I punish?"

Chen Xuanli stepped forward and took his hand and looked up and down, then smiled and said, "It seems that it is much more majestic when you go to eastern Yunnan."

Although Li Qing made great contributions in eastern Yunnan, he did not show off. He saluted Chen Xuanli first, and then apologized and said, "After returning from eastern Yunnan, he has been forced to practice bows and horses by his subordinates. General Chen, please don't blame him. If you really want to blame, blame these guys. I will be exhausted by them."

Speaking of this, he nodded back, spread his hands, shrugged helplessly. Chen Xuanli laughed and patted his shoulders and said, "You should practice archery and horses well. Look at your subordinates, all of them are heroic. If you don't show your own soldiers, how can you lead them?

While laughing, Chen Xuanli sent Li Qing into the camp and into the central army tent. Some personal soldiers served tea. The two exchanged a few more greetings. Li Qing shook his eyes at him. Chen Xuanli understood and ordered his left and right to retreat, and then said solemnly: "General Li may as well say it directly if you have something to do."

Li Qing slowly walked to the tent door, leaned back with his hands behind his back, staring at the drizzle in the sky, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and after a long time he said lightly: "I want General Chen to give me the military power for a few days."

"What!" Even though Chen Xuanli was able to cultivate his skills, he was still shocked by Li Qing's words. He wanted to seize his military power. His square face was swollen and red. He pointed at Li Qing and said word by word: "Do you say it again?"

Li Qing looked back at him and smiled and said, "I want to do something that requires military use, so I want to ask General Chen to give me the military power for a few days."

Chen Xuanli had calmed down and knew that Li Qing was definitely not a person who could speak nonsense, so he picked up the handsome seal from the table and said coldly: "My subordinates are all Yulin Army. If you want to seize my military power, then please bring the emperor's imperial edict and I will give you this handsome seal. If not, hum! Humph! Don't blame me for turning against others."

Li Qing slowly straightened his waist, looking tall and arrogant. He took out Li Longji's secret order from his arms and handed it over, then stared at his eyes. Chen Xuanli took it and glanced at him quickly. His mouth suddenly opened and couldn't close for a long time. He read it carefully again, and finally looked up at Li Qing incredibly. How could this be possible? In the Tang Dynasty mission of the Prime Minister and Shangshu, the emperor actually gave the decision-making power of Nanzhao to a small Guoyi Commander, which really made him unable to understand. What was going on in the middle?

"General Chen, the emperor's imperial edict is here. I order you to hand over the military power to me!"

The Tang Dynasty and Tubo delegations had more than a thousand soldiers. According to regulations, at most, 300 people could enter the city to protect the delegation, and the rest were stationed outside the city. For safety, the Tubo delegation decided to live in the barracks outside the city. Five hundred people escorted Yixiang Yele into the city every day, of which 300 were left at the city gate and on standby, and another two hundred were escorted the envoys into the city.

The Tubo delegation came one month later than the Tang delegation, and it was not too late to move, so it announced its position too early. However, Yixiang Yele was a patient person. In order to eliminate the wariness and misunderstandings of all classes in Nanzhao towards Tubo, he shuttled through Taihe City every day, visiting Nanzhao's senior officials and great merchants one by one. His guards were about 200. Although the number was not large, it was a huge number compared to the narrow Taihe City street.

The rain in Nanzhao has been falling for many days, and there is no sunshine. The world is covered with gray. Everyone's clothes are wet, cold and uncomfortable. The irritable emotions are beginning to spread in Taihe City, like an infectious disease, which makes everyone's faces as gloomy as the sky and no smile.

At dusk, the sky was dim and the drizzle was flying. As usual, the soldiers in the north gate of Taihe City began to change their guards. There were about a thousand soldiers in each gate, guarding the city tower, city wall and city gate. However, the people who left the city today felt that this group of soldiers were a little strange. There were many strange faces among them. Although they were wearing armor like the soldiers of Nanzhao, their faces and figures were not like those of Nanzhao people. They were generally wide and tall. This was the appearance of the northern race. Although they had doubts in their hearts, the cold and humid weather made the people unwilling to stay or think too much, and they just wanted to return to their warm and dry homes as soon as possible.

The soldiers guarding the city seemed to understand the people's impatientness to go home. They did not stop them. They allowed the people to enter and exit the city gate, but only closed their mouths tightly and said nothing. Their chief general was Li Qing, who led more than a thousand Tang troops to pretend to be Nanzhao soldiers and occupied the north gate. According to his plan, he was preparing to attack the Tubo ambassador Yi Xiang Ye Le, who returned home at night, completely muddled the waters of Nanzhao. At this time, he stood on the city tower, staring silently at the distant streets, listening to the movements in the city. The sky was dark clouds and the east wind blew hard. He saw his tall figure and majestic long black hair fluttering in the wind under the high helmet. The corners of his mouth were stretched into a straight line, and his face was as cold and hard as granite, full of strength and unyielding and fearless.

According to the agreement reached by Wei Jian and Zhao Quandeng, Yu Chengjie and his team would provide all conveniences for the Tang Dynasty, including the Nanzhao military uniforms and flags, the power of guarding the city gate, etc. Therefore, when Li Qing seized military power from Chen Xuanli, he immediately began his "beheading" operation. He personally led 1,200 soldiers to control the north gate of Taihe City, and ordered Li Siye to lead 2,000 troops to ambush halfway from the Tubo military camp to the north gate, waiting for the Tubo army to come to the city gate to rescue, and gave a head-on blow.

It was already deep in the night, and the city was silent. The city gates were locked. It seemed that everyone was asleep. Only the rain in the sky was still tirelessly falling. At this time, there were a lot of horse hooves and rumbling wheels coming from the street. A large group of black shadows slowly came towards the north gate. Li Qing's target, which had been waiting for nearly three hours, finally appeared. There were figures swaying slightly on the originally silent city wall.

The person who came was the exhausted Tubo envoy Yixiang Yele. He lobbled for a whole day and visited three senior officials of Nanzhao and two great merchants of Nanzhao. The effect was quite good. One of them expressed his support for the establishment of an alliance between Nanzhao and Tubo, and the other two said they had to consider it.

"Sir, the north gate is ahead, I'll call the gate."

The group gradually arrived at the north gate. One of the followers stepped forward and asked the soldiers to open the door and let them go out of the city. They had the king's special approval and could leave the city at night. Li Qing nodded gently and signaled the soldiers to open the city gate. The two gates were "squeaking" and the Tubo delegation urged the horses to go. Nearly a month later, and it was like this every day. When thinking became inertia, Yixiang Yele's guards relaxed their vigilance. Among the two hundred guards, one hundred people ran out of the city to explore the way, and threw Yixiang Yele's carriage behind.

The carriage began to enter the city gate corridor. At this moment, with a sound of "don!", a bell rang out from the city tower, and countless torches suddenly lit up, illuminating the north gate area like daylight. Then the outer city gate closed, and a large group of Tang soldiers in Nanzhao uniforms rushed out from both sides of the north gate. They held steel crossbows in their hands and blocked the city gate. Arrows flew into the corridor like rain.

Just as the outer city gates closed, Yixiang Yele immediately reacted, 'No! I was trapped," he yelled, and ordered the soldiers to break through forcibly without hesitation.

The coachman and the horse were shot to death. The carriage capsized. Yixiang Yele jumped out of the carriage and mixed among the soldiers, ready to escape with them. Suddenly, his thigh hurt a lot, and a wave arrow shot him. He staggered, his legs weakened, and almost fell to the ground. But at this moment, another arrow rushed towards his throat with the grim smile of death. Yixiang Yele could not avoid it at all. He suddenly opened his fearful eyes and "puff" sounded, and the arrow penetrated his throat.

, His whole body gradually disappeared, and he fell to the ground. At this time, thousands of arrows flew over, as if all the arrows were aimed at him, shooting him like a hedgehog. Yixiang Yele was shot to death immediately and slowly fell forward. After a moment, all the Tubo people were shot to death. In this way, Yixiang Yele, who had become the prime minister of Tubo in the future, died under the city of Nanzhao. All of this was just because a strange butterfly flew into the Tang Dynasty, and history quietly changed its trajectory.

Half an hour later, the news of the attack on Dalun reached the Tubo military camp. The young and energetic Shang Xi Dongzan immediately ordered all the soldiers and rushed to the north gate of Taihe City. The rain became denser and denser, which brought a hint of chill to this gloomy late night. The rain for many consecutive days made the road muddy, and the feet of each soldier were covered with yellow mud, heavy. Every step he took felt that his shoes were about to fall off, and the speed of the Tubo army began to slow down.

At this time, the front army suddenly shouted, the bridge was broken, Shang Xi Dongzan came forward, wiped the rain from his face, and looked at the thug curtain in detail, and saw a big river standing in front of him, and his eyes turned from the big river to the road on both sides. The road was lined with dark woods, and the mist was misty. A horse's neigh suddenly came from the woods on the left. The sound was not loud, but he heard it very clearly. An uneasy thought arose from the bottom of his heart, "Can there be ambush in the woods?"

As soon as this thought came, he became more and more scared as he thought about it. He suddenly realized that someone had just come to report something wrong to him, but the bridge was not broken at that time, which means that the bridge had just been broken.

"Quick! Go back quickly, there is an ambush!"

He roared, turned his horse's head and fled, but it was too late. Suddenly, a clapper sound was heard, and the overwhelming arrows shot, which were denser and more urgent than the rain. The large group of soldiers were caught off guard and were shot down suddenly. Even Shang Xi Dongzan's war horse was shot several arrows, and he fell down with a roar and drove him off the horse.

The brigade of Tang soldiers in Nanzhao uniform rushed out of the woods, shouting and killing loudly, with thousands of people swept towards the Tubo soldiers on the avenue. The Tubo soldiers were already scared and stumbled and fled back while shouting, but their shoes were heavy and slippery, but they were caught by the Tang army without a few steps. A sword light and sword shadows, the Tang army, with the superior number of people and high morale, immediately killed the Tubo army everywhere. Li Siye took the lead. He carried a sword in his hand and rushed straight towards Shang Xi Dongzan from the rain and fog. His huge body stood in front of him like an iron tower, and he slashed his head with a knife. Shang Xi Dongzan touched a shield to block it, but the blow came like a mad axe to split the mountain, and the shield was split in half. He felt like a huge pain on his head. He saw that it was black in front of him and he knew nothing.
Chapter completed!