The gust of wind stopped for a while, the dim light emitted by the torches was swallowed up by the thick night, and the four fields were silent.
The soldiers moved closer to the flag without making any noise.
Mobido had a few words with the general, motioned to continue the march, found Yaoying, walked side by side with her, and whispered: "The situation is more serious than we estimated before... The main force of Wakhan Khan's army is gone, our The scouts lost their traces. General Ashina captured a Beirong scout alive and interrogated him personally. According to the scouts, they didn’t know where the Khan’s main force was. These days they exchanged messages with eagles.”
Yaoying immediately asked, "Where's Haidu Aling?"
A look of surprise flashed across Mobido's face: "Haidu Aling is also gone, why did the princess immediately think of asking him?"
The temperature in the desert is extremely low at night, Yaoying tightened her turban and said, "Haidu Aling's troops are best at fast marching, the cavalry moves faster, and they are bold and bold, and they like to take risks and go deep into the enemy to launch surprise attacks. Khan acted cautiously, preferring to be fully prepared after the two armies charged against each other, and the North Rong army suddenly changed course, more like Haidu Aling's style."
Mobido nodded and said: "The regent said the same thing, maybe it was Haidu Aling, maybe it was someone else, in short, someone persuaded Wakhan Khan to change his route. Wakhan Khan was able to listen to other people this time. People's opinions show that he is eager to win, and it also shows that his next move is temporarily unpredictable, and our previous plan must be changed accordingly. The regent ordered that General Ashina continue to investigate the movements of the Beirong people, the princess and others. People first follow me to Assan City to rectify, and wait for General Asuna to send instructions, and then see where to go next."
They have already left the territory of the royal court. Asang city belongs to the Assan tribe, a vassal tribe of the royal court. This time, the Assan tribe responded to the call. The chief led a thousand people to help out, and his son stayed to guard.
Yaoying nodded and asked, "Prince Regent... Where is he now?"
Mobido looked up and looked around, with a vigilant expression, and said, "The Regent is in the front army. The princess must not leak the news. Now the fact that the Regent is alive has not been officially announced."
Yaoying hummed.
After talking about business, Mobido took the soldier's torch, took a photo of Yaoying, looked at her for a moment, and said with concern: "Princess has been running around hard these days."
Yaoying smiled and shook her head: "It should be like this."
They walked out of the desert overnight and continued on their way through the endless wilderness. The next afternoon, a low hill appeared in the distant sky. Under the hill was a dark green forest. A dry river meandered through. The meltwater of the glacier had not yet arrived, and the riverbed was covered with pebbles. A stone wall more than 30 feet high and stretched for two miles rises flat on the river bank. In front of the city gate, a simple tower stands. There are soldiers standing on the height of the tower, and the long swords around their waists reflect a cold light.
A few days ago, the wind was blowing wildly, and the city walls and towers were covered with a layer of dust. From a distance, they were dusty.
It was at dusk, half of the sky burned red, and the smoke from the city rose straight into the blue sky.
Mobido said: "That is the Asang Department."
The warriors patrolling from Assan's department saw the army approaching, and they had already burned the sheep dung heap to warn him. The son of the chief who stayed behind led his subordinates to welcome him out of the city, confirmed Mobido's identity, and immediately ordered his subordinates to open the city gate.
An old man behind the chief's son saw the Ujiri warriors in the army, with a hesitant look on his face, and said: "In response to the Buddha's expedition, all the children in the city went to the front line. Most of the city was women and girls. Can the army be stationed outside the city?"
Mobido first checked the surrounding terrain and nodded in agreement.
Before surrendering to Tamara, the various tribes fought against each other, and the hatred was as deep as the sea. Later, everyone joined the royal court, but when they formed an army to march, as long as they were stationed in one place, conflicts would inevitably break out. When they woke up overnight, there were always a few fresh corpses in the corner of the camp. The chief of the Asan tribe was not there. As the prince of another tribe, he could not let all his men enter the city.
Moviduo asked Yaoying to rest, and he went to check the food and grass with the chief's son.
After so many days of rushing, Yaoying finally came to a place that could provide hot water, washed away the dust, ate a bowl of hot mutton soup, lay down on the blanket, and fell asleep almost as soon as she touched the pillow .
When she was in a daze, she had a dream. In the dream, she was on the battlefield. The soldiers around were fighting with their knives. A dark horse galloped towards her. A sleeve leather jacket, and a pair of golden twin hammers in his hands.
Yaoying trembled with excitement and ran towards him.
The man's long and narrow phoenix eyes stared at her without blinking, as if he was afraid that she would disappear, he reached out to her.
The dark horse galloped near, just when Yaoying was about to grab the man's hand, a long knife stabbed diagonally, piercing the man's body, blood gurgled out, the man fell off the horse's back, and the golden hammer fell to the ground.
"Brother-"
Yaoying woke up from her dream, covered in cold sweat, and before she could recall what she saw in her dream, there was a loud noise from the window. She got up and stayed, opened the window, and General Black Eagle Jin rushed into the room, screaming continuously. cry.
A noisy human voice was faintly heard in the distance: "There is an enemy attack—"
Yaoying suddenly sobered up and put on her clothes. The personal soldiers and Mobido's subordinates came over in the dark, "Master Bayan, the camp outside the city is in chaos!"
"A Sang's rebellion?"
"I don't know, Prince Mobido is worried about bombing the camp, so he rushed to the city gate first, let us come to protect the son. The son does not need to be afraid, if we fall, we will directly escort the son away."
Yaoying tied up her long hair and put on a men's turban, and said, "Find the chief son of the Asang tribe first to stabilize the situation in the city. If Mobido can't resist, he can be withdrawn into the city."
The personal soldiers should be, while protecting her from the chief's house, they sent someone to search for the whereabouts of the chief's son.
After a while, the personal soldiers came to report that the subordinates of the chief's son blocked the long street leading to the city gate and rushed over here. Everyone was fully armed and aggressive.
When Mobido's subordinates heard the words, their color changed suddenly, and when the figure of the chief's son appeared, they rushed up and tied him without a word.
The chief's son hurried back and shouted, "Do you want to take the opportunity to occupy the Assan Department?"
The two sides did not understand the language, shouting, arguing, and fighting with each other.
Yaoying listened carefully for a while, her eyes signaled to the soldiers, and the soldiers pulled out their machetes and slashed at the uneven earth wall. With a few loud noises, the gravel splashed.
Everyone was startled and quieted down.
Yaoying came out of the crowd and shouted in nonsense words that both parties could understand: "Are you the children of the Buddha? Whoever is arguing is betraying the royal court!"
When everyone was stunned, they all looked at her.
Yaoying looked at the chief's son: "Are the enemy troops outside the city yours?"
The chief's son was at a loss: "Isn't it from Mobido?"
Moviduo's subordinates burst into flames, and said angrily, "How could our prince attack our own camp?"
The chief's son came to his senses, quickly apologized, and asked his subordinates to put down their weapons, "I slept well, and suddenly I saw the fire outside the city, and I thought that your Ujiri team took the opportunity to attack the Asan team!"
The two sides calmed down, questioned, and resolved the misunderstanding. The chief's son hurriedly took his men to the city wall to defend the city.
The other aides arrived in a hurry, and Yaoying let them stay in the city and climb the city wall with the chief's son.
The camp was already in chaos.
After many days of running around, the soldiers were exhausted and exhausted. When they arrived at the Asang Department, they could finally rest and rest. They relaxed their vigilance. They were suddenly attacked by the enemy in their sleep.
"Don't mess up!"
Moviduo rode into the battle line on horseback, the snare drums beating loudly and deafeningly, the soldiers hurriedly gathered in his direction.
The chief's son and his subordinates were discussing whether to open the city gate, when a sharp noise suddenly flashed in the dark night.
Several feathered arrows pierced the air and rushed towards the city wall, as if a torrential rain was blowing.
The chief's son was stunned for a while, and was furious: "Who shot the arrow? No eyes? Where are you shooting!"
Judging from the direction from which the arrow was shot, the person who shot the arrow is in the city!
There was a shout of killing from the bottom of the city, and a blood-covered subordinate climbed up the city wall and shouted: "Someone has entered the city!"
Yao Yingchao looked under the city wall.
It was too chaotic under the city wall, and soldiers kept shouting and withdrawing to the city.
The chief's son took out his machete, stood beside the arrow stack, made a decisive decision, and shouted: "They want to take advantage of the chaos to enter the city and close the city gate!"
Apart from the few of them, there were almost no defenders in the city, and if the enemy was allowed in, something would happen sooner or later.
The chief's son roared out, and the guards quickly closed the city gate, cutting off the enemy's thoughts, and the soldiers in the city were even more flustered.
The camp was cut into pieces by the middle, and Mobido knew that he could not launch a counterattack at this time, and he could not panic.
The chief’s son let Yaoying enter the tower. He led the people to deal with the enemy forces that had infiltrated the city, and quickly returned to the city wall.
The sky is getting brighter, and the dark sky is white with fish belly.
Amidst the screams of killing, there was a sudden burst of majestic horns in the distance, the birds were startled, and the earth trembled.
The people on the city wall followed the prestige.
There was a faint shadow floating on the horizon, as if the waves were surging. When the waves got closer, the chief's son exclaimed in surprise: "It's the Royal Court!"
A Chinese army team rushed towards the camp.
The leading generals took the lead, hunting in clothes and robes.
It happened that there was a morning light that broke through the stratum clouds, poured down, and enveloped him, outlining his tall stature. He was wearing a snow-white shirt, a hood, and a knife in his hand. , the momentum is monstrous, as if not afraid of swords.
Behind him, a team of three or four hundred people lined up in a neat formation, like a ferocious beast, opening its bloody mouth.
They were not many in number, but when the soldiers in the camp saw them, they all cheered up and shouted excitedly.
Moviduo cut down an enemy with one knife, wiped the blood on his face, raised his knife and shouted: "The Chinese army is here! Kill with me!"
The morale of the soldiers soared and they began to launch a counterattack. The Chinese army attacked from the south. The two sides quickly formed an encirclement and surrounded the defeated enemy. The battle ended in less than an hour.
The chief's son ordered people to open the city gate, greeted him out of the city, and surrounded Mobido and the generals of the army into the city.
The staff led the rest to sweep the battlefield and interrogate the prisoners.
Yaoying didn't follow her, she took her personal soldiers back to her room, counted the manpower, asked the wounded personal soldiers to bandage the wounds, and helped with some documents that did not involve the secrets of the royal court.
…
Busy until the evening, there were several knocks on the door, Yaoying immediately walked over and opened the door.
Moviduo stood outside the door, he had already changed into a clean robe with a lapel collar, and his savage anger faded. He grinned, revealing the clarity of a young man, holding naan and roast lamb in his hand, and said, "Last night, let me The princess was frightened, I heard from my subordinates, the princess hasn't had dinner yet?"
Yaoying took the tray and put it on the case, "Thank you, Prince... Was it the Beirong people who attacked last night? Why did they attack the Asang Department?"
Mobido shook his head: "It's not the Beirong people, it's a coalition of tribes who have surrendered to the Beirong. They not only attacked the Asang tribe, but also attacked other tribes."
A light flashed in Yaoying's heart.
"vicious."
Mobido's face became heavy, he nodded and said, "Yes. Beirong didn't come forward, and let the tribal coalition help them fight the front line and harass the small country and small tribes. First, they can test the royal court, in order to detect the truth, disturb people's hearts, and secondly weaken people's hearts. Wang Ting, when they attacked aggressively, Wang Ting lost the support of the tribe. In this area of the wasteland, the tribe knows the terrain, and they are indispensable. Thirdly, lure Wang Ting to send troops and force Wang Ting to disperse their forces."
Yaoying continued: "One more thing, if they force the tribe to rebel, the tribe may suddenly defect on the battlefield."
This kind of thing is not uncommon. On the battlefield, the two armies are facing each other. One side takes the relatives of the other side's vassal tribe as hostages.
Mobido sneered: "Fortunately, we sent troops... It's hard to guard against it!"
Yaoying thought of Ujiri and reminded Mobido: "Can the prince's tribe be guarded by men and horses?"
Mobido snorted, "Ujiri is far away from here..."
Yaoying shook her head: "The prince can't take it lightly. It is because no one thought of Wujili that Haidu Aling would attack Wujili."
Moviduo broke out in a cold sweat. If his family was arrested and the two armies confronted each other, how would he choose
"Thank you princess for reminding me."
Mobido clenched his fists to thank Yaoying, called his confidant, and ordered him to go back to the Ujiri Department to report to the police.
The guard whispered: "Prince, the general has just sent the order, and the warning letters to the various tribes are already on the way."
Mobydor breathed a sigh of relief.
Yaoying raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Is it the general of the Chinese army who led the troops to clear the siege this morning?"
The man had been covered with a headscarf and did not show his face. After entering the city, he convened his staff to discuss matters, and no one knew his specific official position.
Mobido nodded: "Last night, he led people to track down a team of scouts, trying to find out where the Wakhan Khan was, and accidentally discovered that a tribal coalition army wanted to attack the Asang tribe, and he brought troops over here."
As he was talking, a guard came over with a leather jacket. He called the guard, took off the jacket, and handed it to Yaoying.
"This is a snow fox fur jacket. It has no variegation, and is light and warm. It is lighter than other jackets when the princess wears it when she is traveling at night."
Yaoying smiled and shook her head: "Prince keep it for himself."
Moviduo scratched his head: "This is the clothing worn by women. It is useless for me to keep it. Please accept it, the princess."
Yaoying smiled, her tone was soft, and her attitude was still firm: "I am now accompanying the army as Bayan, and I should not wear it too ostentatiously. I appreciate the prince's kindness."
This rare white fox fur coat was spread out, and it stood out from the crowd, and it was impossible not to reveal his identity.
Moviduo snorted: "I didn't expect this... Is a fur coat okay? I can assure the princess that there is no white at all! Black, red, gray, choose as you please."
Yaoying laughed, still shaking her head.
Moviduo smiled, took back the snow fox fur coat, and pointed to the roasted mutton: "The mutton is getting cold, I won't disturb the princess' meal."
Yaoying stood in front of the door, watched him walk away, turned back to the room, glanced across the aisle under the earthen wall, and was stunned.
A tall figure flashed past.
She thought for a while, then quickly walked out of the door, crossed the aisle, and chased after her: "General!"
The front of the court was empty and no one was there.
Yaoying kept finding the front yard, but she didn't see the flashing figure, so she had to turn around and go back to her room. The mutton on the plate was really cold, so she asked her personal soldiers to go to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of hot soup, and after eating the cakes and meat, she ordered her personal soldiers to prepare another soup and send it to the general of the Central Army.
After a long while, the personal soldiers turned back and said, "The food was sent, and the general took it."
Yaoying nodded.
…
As the sky gradually darkened, Yaoying sat in front of the desk and transcribed documents.
There were hurried footsteps outside the door, and the soldiers knocked on the door: "Princess, we have to leave, Prince Mobido said that the Chinese army has rushed over, not far from Asang City, we will set up camp tonight and join them as soon as possible. , lest there be too many dreams at night."
Yaoying agreed, quickly packed her things, and walked out of the room surrounded by her own soldiers. Several Chinese army knights came over. Seeing that she was already packed, she was a little surprised and hugged her out of the city.
The city has returned to calm, and the outside of the city has not yet been cleaned up. The night is filled with blue fluorescence, which is cold and terrifying. It is a beast that smells blood and gathers.
Yaoying and her party followed the team, hurried the road for two hours, crossed a shallow river in the dark, and climbed the hillside. Thousands of dim lights flickered on the plain under the majestic shadow on the opposite side. That was Ashina Bisao. The battalion where the leading Chinese army is located.
Mobido first sent someone to the camp to deliver a message, approached slowly, and brought Yaoying and his staff into the camp, while the others were stationed at the periphery.
Bi Suo greeted the big account, said a few words to everyone, and returned the account.
The night was dark and the lights were shining.
Yaoying was arranged to rest in a clean and tidy tent, blew out the candles, and lay down on the felt blanket, but did not close her eyes, and kept her eyes fixed on the tent.
After a long time, the figure outside the tent swayed, and someone whispered.
Yaoying rolled her eyes, got up in her clothes, opened the felt curtain, and looked around, she saw a tall and straight figure.
"General!"
She called out, her eyebrows slightly arched.
Several torches were burning outside the tent, and the man in a blue shirt and white robe and a hooded face glanced at her lightly.
Yaoying smiled at him, turned sideways to give way, and motioned for him to enter the tent to speak.
The man looked at her for a while, then stepped into the tent.
Yaoying lit a candle, moved to the desk, sat down cross-legged, and said, "General, I knew it was you!"
Tan Mo Luojia watched her busy, her voice was low: "How does the princess know it's me?"
Yaoying asked: "When I saw the general leading his troops to arrive, my intuition was you. The general is now dressed as a knight in the Chinese army, and he has no personal guards around him. Can't he reveal his identity?"
He nodded, humming.
"We'll have to wait a few days."
Yao Ying understood, patted the untouched blanket before the case, and said, "The general can rest in my tent these days, I will cover the general, and General Ashina is the commander now, and he is there. There are too many people. I happened to ask the general for something."
Tamara looked down at her.
Yaoying looked at him with a sincere expression.
He was silent for a while, nodded slightly, and hummed.