"You don't know something," Zonglu said, imitating the etiquette of the Central Plains people and said: "The ancestor of Gongjuezan is the uncle of Chinian Songtsan, who is a wealthy and noble family in Tubo. If they see me, what if?
If one person escapes and goes back, our family will definitely be exterminated."
Li Siye nodded and said: "Then you get out of the way, Kubani, keep an eye on him and don't let anyone run away."
Zong Lu expressed his gratitude and bowed again, and warned with lingering fear: "There are seven of them in total. Remember to kill them all and don't let any of them run back."
Li Siye turned around and pursed his lips and smiled. Sure enough, the hatred between classes is the real hatred. As for other national hatreds, they should be put aside.
He immediately arranged an ambush and ordered nine people to stand guard on both sides of the valley, waiting patiently against the dazzling sunlight.
After waiting for a full two hours, Tian Zhen became anxious and thirsty. She held a knife and shouted that she wanted to go down to Zong Lu to settle the account. Li Siye pulled him down and knelt on the stone hill to gaze intently into the distance.
"Don't worry, it's coming."
Gong Juezan and his party appeared at the corner of the valley, each riding or leading a horse. They were all listless and exhausted. In order to save energy, they took off their heavy chainmail armor, folded it and tied it to the horse's back.
Wrapped only in a leather robe, he was swaying.
Li Siye and his soldiers strung their crossbows, loaded arrows, and each aimed at the target.
Gong Juezan and others were not on guard, and just walked along the stream with their heads lowered. When they came within thirty steps, Li Siye took the lead and fired the crossbow. Everyone buckled their bows one after another, and the crossbow strings buzzed.
Gong Juezan suddenly turned over and fell off his horse. He was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder. The two Gui shooters on the left and right fell down holding their throats. Ge Rilang leaned on the horse and unexpectedly avoided the arrow.
He was hit by an arrow, covered his cheeks and fell sideways, then lay on the ground and roared. Two others fell behind and the arrows pierced the horse. The horse broke away from the reins and ran away with a scream.
Li Siye and others quickly climbed down the hillside, jumped on their horses and held Mo Dao and spears, blocking both sides of the river.
Gong Juezan had quick eyesight and quick hands. He endured the pain and pulled Alanda, Gayan's daughter, from the horse. He grabbed her thin shoulders with his big hands and used them as a human shield to block the front. He hunched over and held a short knife in his other mouth. The blade was pressed against Alan.
On Da's neck.
Another shooter followed suit, pulling Gayan off the horse and pressing a short blade against her back.
Li Siye rode on his horse and ordered: "Shoot the ones without shields first!"
Upon hearing this, Ge Rilang pounced decisively and pushed and kicked the Gui Archer who was holding Yan's hostage, grabbing the hostage in front of him. The Gui Archer was unlucky in the blink of an eye and was hit in the face by three feather arrows.
The skin was torn and blood flowed ferociously, and he fell straight backwards to the ground.
Another person hurriedly squatted behind Ge Rilang. He did not dare to take the hostage from President Bai, so he just bowed like a chicken and grabbed the belt behind Ge Rilang.
Ge Rilang turned his head slightly, glared at the shooter fiercely, bared his teeth and said angrily: "Put your hands away!"
The shooter humbly replied: "I'm sorry, Mr. Five Hundred, I won't let go."
Ge Rilang arched his nose ferociously, desperately wanting to kill the oil bottle behind him, but at this time, fighting among his own people would only make the Tang army succeed. In short, his life was the most important thing.
The atmosphere in the entire valley was frozen, with only the whistling wind blowing between them. Li Siye frowned and rode on his horse without saying a word. The rest of the Tang army just stared at his face, waiting for his next order.
Two frail women stood between us and the enemy. Ruoshuluo had tears in her eyes and almost shouted out, but was stopped by Li Siye's eyes.
When relatives are around, caring will lead to chaos. Only by abandoning family affection and pretending to be indifferent can the pledge holder not have anything to rely on.
Li Siye recited a sentence solemnly on his horse, as stiffly as if he was reciting an official document:
"There is a law in the Tang Dynasty that states that those who hold a pledge should attack with the pledge. This time, the enemy accidentally killed the wife and daughter of General Gayan Cong. After you go back, brothers, you must prove it in front of the governor and the envoy of Shule. It is not because of my incompetence.
It’s because the situation was critical at that time and the Tubo thieves were arrogant and rebellious and wanted to live and die together with the hostages. Then let them live and die together with the hostages.”
Li Siye ordered: "String the bow and crossbow!"
Everyone stepped on the crossbows, pulled up the strings, took out the arrows from the quivers and installed them.
Gong Juezan's eyes widened in surprise. The people who came to pursue them were all Tang troops. Didn't they have any relatives of the Shijia tribe? These ruthless Han people were so cold-blooded! They were so audacious that they dared not to negotiate terms! They wanted to kill Gayan.
Abandoned from his wife and daughter?
He frowned indignantly, grinned and scolded sarcastically: "Gayancong, Gayancong! This is the consequence of your allegiance to the Tang Dynasty! You are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but they treat your wife and daughter like this! You...
You scum of the Tang army, if the general knows about this, do you think he will get angry, rebel against the Tang and submit to me, Tubo?"
Li Siye replied calmly: "General Gayan will not know that everyone here is my confidant. I only need to take the remains of the Yan family and the king's daughter back, and tell him that his wife and daughter were brutally killed by the Tubo army."
The truth about the killing. The general will only be at odds with the Tubo people in this life, and will only swear allegiance to the Tang Dynasty."
"Get ready!" Li Siye first raised his crossbow and aimed at Aranda, who was in a state of shock.
Her originally braided hair was loose, covering half of her face, and the high bridge of her nose and the long and staggered eyelashes in her closed eyes were vaguely visible.
Ruosuluo gritted his teeth, but he still couldn't stop them from touching up and down. His body was trembling, and he couldn't even hold the raised crossbow steady. He simply couldn't judge, was Li Siye sincerely saving Aranda?
Just like what he said, he would abandon her and her mother.
Emotionally speaking, he didn't want to believe that he was such a person, but Aranda's fragile life was in Li Siye's hands, and he would not let the Tubo people leave! Whether to abandon the hostages was just a matter of thought.
He raised the crossbow, but drove the horse back gently, swearing secretly in his heart that as long as Li Siye shot the crossbow arrow into his sister, he would not hesitate to shoot him to avenge his sister, even if he was his own
Neither can Shangguan.
"Wait, wait." Ge Rilang couldn't hold on at first and hurriedly said to Li Siye: "We have no intention of fighting with the Tang army. This is just a misunderstanding. But I beg the officer to let me live. I am willing to give up the hostages.
"
Li Siye's expression moved slightly, but Gong Juezan was very nervous and immediately stopped Ge Rilang: "Don't let the hostages go, Ge Rilang! Without hostages, you will die faster!"
Li Siye looked sternly from the corners of his eyes and raised his chin, looking very frivolous, but his tone left no room for doubt: "Hosages are valuable, but some people are more valuable than hostages. Gongjue praises!"
This shout made Gong Juezan's shoulders tremble in shock, and he could barely hold the knife in his hand.
"You are not only Mr. Qian of Lianyunbao, but also a descendant of the Tibetan Chi Nian Songtsan. After being honored in the city of Luosu, you have hordes of servants at home and gold and silver everywhere. Your head is worth more than two hostages, no, I
I want you alive. If the news of your capture reaches Luoche City, how much money will your family spend to ransom you?"
His head was spinning with Li Siye's words, and everything he had imagined in advance was reversed. He originally wanted to kidnap Gayan's wife and daughter as hostages, and use them to lure Gayan away from home. But the Tang army came to pursue him and attacked the hostages.
He turned a deaf ear to his own life, but wanted to capture him, the son of a noble family, alive.
Gong Juezan gritted his teeth and cursed bitterly: "Zong Lu, this traitor! He must have betrayed me!"
What should he do now? Should he point a knife at his throat? Force Li Siye to retreat. If he dares not retreat, threaten him with suicide and make him lose a large amount of money?
He shook his head vigorously to get rid of this absurd and stupid logic. The knife on Aranda's neck still refused to relax. People say that the Han people are treacherous and cunning, but who knows which of this man's words is true?
Is the sentence false?
"I am indeed a collateral descendant of Chi Nian Zanpu, but I am not the main line of the family. Otherwise, I would not have been sent to the border of Xiaobolu Country. They will definitely not spend a lot of money to ransom me. Otherwise? I
I have accumulated a small amount of gold in Lianyunguo. I will let Gayancong's wife and daughter go. You let us go back, and I will send the money to you one day."
Li Siye breathed a sigh of relief. If Aranda and the Yan family could be saved in this way, it would be the best result. As for Gong Juezan, he must not be let back.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Ge Rilang, who was squatting behind the Yan family, actually shouted: "Officer! Envoy! He is lying! He is the legitimate son of the Gongge family!"