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Su Jingxiang originally wanted to find an opportunity to "lose her virginity" to Wang Junlin under the pretext of falling in love with Wang Junlin at first sight, so that her father would reject her marriage to Ge Shu, the young prince of Tuyuhun. However, Wang Junlin saw through what she thought was a perfect plan.
She said, and based on this information, she could deduce the general situation of Shazhou City at the moment, which made her even more curious about Wang Junlin's identity and origin.
Thoughts flashed in her mind, Su Jingxiang said: "Princess Kasyapa of the Rouran clan married the current head of the Murong clan of Xianbei last month. The Rouran and Murong clan have formed an alliance and want to drive out our Su family. The two families are divided into two families.
Zhoucheng. My father had no choice but to secretly contact King Bailan of Tuguhun, hoping to use the Tyuhun people to deal with the Rouran and Murong clan, and the Nu family is the bridge between the Su family and the Tuguhun alliance."
Wang Junlin frowned and said: "Your Su family is a powerful family of the Han nationality. Why didn't your father secretly contact the Great Sui Dynasty and use the power of the Great Sui Dynasty to fight against the Rouran and Murong clan?"
Su Jingxiang said: "Young master, you don't know. The Su family has a deadly feud with the Dugu family of the Great Sui Dynasty. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, our Su family was originally a large family in Qingzhou. However, after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Dugu family was the descendant family and was the only family except the royal family."
In addition, during the Sui Dynasty, my grandfather was aware of the calamity of genocide, the largest family in the world, and took advantage of the Dugu family to help the Sui Emperor stabilize the imperial court. The whole family moved to Shazhou. After more than ten years of development, there was a family in Shazhou.
Today’s situation. Therefore, as long as the Dugu family is still powerful in the Sui Dynasty, it will be difficult for our Su family to join the Sui Dynasty."
Wang Junlin sighed, but he did not expect that there was this story behind it. The Dugu family was indeed too powerful in the Sui Dynasty, especially as long as Queen Dugu was still alive, even if the Sui Emperor Yang Jian wanted to accept the Su family,
I have to worry about the Dugu family.
In this case, one cannot blame the Su family for not contacting the Sui Dynasty and secretly allying with Tuyuhun. However, with the power of the Su family, even if Tuyuhun was crippled by the Sui Dynasty last year, an alliance with King Bailan would still be a fight for the skin of a tiger!
Moreover, King Bailan can be regarded as a brave and resourceful person, and there are many tribes scattered in Tuyuhun in the Western Region. With the golden city of Shazhou as a stronghold, King Bailan will soon be able to gather all the tribes in Tuyuhun together. In a few years
Time can restore the power and military strength of the heyday, thus once again becoming the Sui Dynasty's most serious problem in the northwest, second only to or even more than the Western Turks.
After pondering for a while, Wang Junlin said: "How many troops does your Su family have, and how many troops do the Rouran and Murong families have?"
Su Jingxiang said: "Our Su family has 10,000 troops in Shazhou, including 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The Murong clan and Rouran people each have 8,000 cavalry."
Wang Junlin thought that the three families were equally powerful. No wonder the Shazhou was divided equally before. Now that the Rouran and Murong clan are allied, the Su family is naturally no match. It cannot borrow power from the Sui Dynasty. The only people nearby who can borrow power are the Tuyuhun and the Turks.
It’s just that the Turks are too powerful. Asking the Turks for help will undoubtedly lead the wolf into the house. Although the Tuyuhun people are also planning to plot Shazhou City, there is a huge difference in military strength compared to the Turks. It seems that the Su family can only choose Tuyuhun.
Not to mention that Wang Junlin was now alone. Even if he came with five thousand Sui troops from Gaotai City, it would be difficult to make a difference in the internal fighting in Shazhou City six hundred miles away. Therefore, in the end, he did not immediately
He agreed to any request Su Jingxiang made. Su Jingxiang stopped asking for anything at this time and bowed to Wang Junlin. After a while, she and the little maid brought a set of clothes and some food, without saying a word, and prepared to return.
Go into the gauze tent.
"Miss Su, are there any of you among these nine guards?" Wang Junlin asked suddenly, gently stroking the little lynx with one hand.
Su Jingxiang's eyes lit up, and she had some expectations in her heart, and said: "They are all my father's people. Although they respect me, they only listen to my father's words."
Wang Junlin said: "How about I kill them tonight?"
Su Jingxiang was stunned for a moment and said: "Just kill them! In fact, they are not good people. Relying on my father's power, they often bullied men and women in Shazhou City. They even dressed up as horse thieves and killed a Han man last year.
The caravan robbed and killed everyone."
Wang Junlin said: "That's good." He knew that Su Jingxiang was not lying. When he saw those guards for the first time during the day, he knew that these people were not good people. They were not full of evil, but they must have killed many innocent people.
And there are actually many such people in the Western Regions.
The behavior of these guards at night proved this point. It was clear that Wang Junlin saved them during the day, but the guard leader ignored him after thanking him at that time, and even became more wary of him. Miss Su and the maid naturally shared the two tents.
The other one was shared by nine guards. When Miss Su asked Wang Junlin to live in it, the nine guards refused on the spot. This made Wang Junlin feel no guilt at all about killing them.
Wang Junlin held the little lynx and the female gazelle, found a place near the tent, and then began to sit cross-legged and practice.
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The night is as cool as water, and the moon is in the sky.
Wang Junlin finished his training and glanced at the little lynx who was already sleeping soundly next to the female goat. He stood up and walked towards the vigilant guards. He looked light and strong, and his steps were so light that they were almost inaudible.
Quietly walking through the Gobi Desert for more than 400 steps, the slightest noise would make him lurk like a wild beast looking for food. He never looked down on anyone.
When he was a hundred steps away from the guard who was acting as a sentinel, he crawled on the ground. The terrain here was flat, without any shelter, and the moonlight was bright tonight. He just rushed over and could kill the guard quickly.
, but he cannot guarantee that the other party will not make any sound before dying. He will make sure to kill all nine guards tonight, leaving no one alive.
So he chose to crawl forward, which was safer. There was wind every night in places like the Western Region, and the sound of the cold wind howling could completely cover up the sound of Wang Junlin crawling forward in a low posture.
After more than forty breaths, he touched the back of the guard who was looking outside dutifully.
It is said that when the moon is high, people kill people on a night, and when the wind is high, people set fire to it.
This night, the moonlight was clear and the cold wind was howling. It was really a good weather for murder and arson.
Wang Junlin suddenly jumped up, as vigorous and fast as the female lynx the night before yesterday. By the time the guard noticed, Wang Junlin had already covered the guard's mouth with one hand and pinched the guard's throat with the other.
Gently placing the body on the ground, Wang Junlin took off the guard's waist knife and hung it on his body, and then found a sharp short blade from his arms.
Then, Wang Junlin walked toward the tent where the guards lived. When he was ten steps away from the tent door, he stopped.
He did not enter the tent immediately because he found that the guards were indeed wary of him. What Wang Junlin thought was a crude and low-level warning trap was set up at the entrance of the tent - a circle of rope with several bells tied to it.
Wang Junlin easily bypassed the trap and was about to enter the tent. Suddenly the tent curtain was opened from the inside and a figure came out. Wang Junlin turned around and hid in the shadow on the side of the tent.
Regardless of whether the person went to the toilet, changed the sentry, or did other things, it actually made no difference to Wang Junlin or the person.
Wang Junlin, who was hiding in the shadow, gently pulled out the short blade and placed the scabbard on the ground.
He quietly came up behind the figure, covered his mouth, and at the same time gently cut his throat with a knife. Cutting his throat too hard and too hard would make too much noise.
Then Wang Junlin gently placed the body on the ground. It was meaningless to hide the body aside at this time, because the people inside were all going to die.
The next moment, Wang Junlin opened the tent door and ducked out, walking in as quietly as a night owl.
This is a tent sewn from sheepskin. It is indeed much warmer inside than outside. However, compared to the moonlight outside, the tent is completely dark as soon as you enter, and you can't see your fingers. Wang Junlin stood quietly by the door, adjusting to the room.
of darkness.
Because there were no windows, and the nine guards had not washed their feet or showered for an unknown amount of time, and the air was not circulating very well, the smell of sweat, foot odor, food, and alcohol were mixed together, so there was no smell inside the tent at all.
Doesn't smell good.
The ground was covered with thick sheepskin, and the remaining seven guards were lying on it sleeping. Their heavy snoring was the main theme in the tent.
The next step is very simple. Wang Junlin is here to kill people and has no other purpose.
Cover the mouth, use a short blade to cut the sleeping person's throat, hold them down so they don't make any noise, and then move on to the next one.
Wang Junlin is like a hard-working ant, repeating the same actions over and over again.
The smell of blood became stronger, and Wang Junlin finally found the most important target.
The guard leader is not weak in strength, but he has become slightly stout and is not too young.
Lying in the innermost part, the sheepskin pad under him was very thick, two or three times thicker than other guards, but he slept soundly.
Without much thought, Wang Junlin came to the head of the guard leader. Just like before, he squatted down and covered the mouth of the guard leader. However, this guard was obviously more alert than the others and suddenly opened his eyes.
But before he could take action, Wang Junlin covered his mouth and inserted a knife into his neck like lightning.
The leader of the guard quickly let out blood foam from his mouth, and his eyes gradually turned red due to congestion.
The still strong body twisted and twitched involuntarily, but was suppressed by Wang Junlin.
There was still deathly silence in the tent. Wang Junlin let out a slight breath. It would not be good to wake up the two girls in the middle of the night. It would be even worse if they saw a pile of corpses. Generally speaking, Wang Junlin was still sympathetic to her.
Wang Junlin threw all the corpses outside the tent, opened the door curtain, and let the tent breathe for a while. Then he took the little lynx in and put it on the sheepskin inside the tent. He also lay down and began to sleep.