Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 115

Chi Haijian and Yang Shihou left Chang'an and led the team westward. After leaving Longzhou, the road gradually became sparsely populated.

"The land here is all sand and gravel, there is no water to cultivate, and there is no human habitation in the land of a hundred miles."

Yang Shihou also didn't know the customs of Hexi, so he hurriedly asked: "Is the Guasha and other states you mentioned also like this?"

Chi Haijian shook his head and said: "Where snow and water gather in the mountains, the land is often fertile, the water and grass are abundant, and cattle and sheep gather."

Master Yang was very curious when he heard this, he saw that the weapon used by Chi Haijian was about nine feet high, with a three-foot double-edged sword on top and a seven-foot steel handle on the bottom.

Master Yang said: "This kind of Mo Dao is light for forty or fifty catties, and heavy for a hundred catties. It cannot be used without courage."

Chi Haijian listened to the lecture, and was quite proud, saying: "A certain Mo Dao in his hand, named 'Spike Fang', weighs 86 jins, and he charged into battle with a certain person. When he swung the knife down, both men and horses were smashed."

Yang Shihou had seen Mo Dao before, but he had never seen such a heavy one, and his heart became more and more impatient, he said: "You can try it with a certain one."

Chi Haijian smiled and said, "Why not."

Yang Shihou held the saber, weighed it, it felt quite heavy in his hand, although he was not very used to slashing while riding on the horse, it was breathless and powerful.

"OK!"

"A real warrior!" Chi Haijian laughed and said, "When I go into battle, I always approach the enemy on horseback, then dismount and fight with a saber.

If you want to fight with horses, you need to hold a lance, or a saber, or a spear. I know that apart from the general, the only one who can hold a sword and a horse is Kang Huaili, the general of my family. "

Yang Shihou returned Mo Dao and said with a smile, "Your town general Kang Huaili, such a hero, I shall pay my respects."

"When I arrived in Guazhou, I was recommended by Commander Yang Du."

Chi Haijian's mission was completed and he was rewarded by Tang Ting, so he was in a good mood.

But thinking about this journey, along the way, the forces of the Yanmo, Uighur, and Suzhou Long families are entrenched, and it may not be so easy to cross the border safely. How do we go this way?He thought about it many times, but couldn't make a decision.

"Commander Yang, I thought that I would first go to Shenniao City in Liangzhou to replenish food and water, and then go north to the Zihu Desert to enter Guazhou from the hometown of the Uyghur. It would take about a month to walk through the desert. What do you think?"

Master Yang said kindly: "Didn't General Chi just say that there is a land with abundant water and grass that goes directly to Guazhou?"

Chi Haijian smiled wryly and said: "Commander Yang doesn't know something, the more abundant the water and grass, the more powerful the thieves and beards will be. After passing the Shenniao City, it will be the grazing land of the Gamo people."

Yang Shihou wanted to meet the thief, but he was afraid that the thief would be too powerful, so he let it go, he hurriedly asked: "Where is the origin of this last part, and how many people are there?"

"The last part of the Tang Dynasty was originally the people of Longyou and Hexi in the Tang Dynasty. After Tubo stole Hexi, these people became slaves. 20 years ago, the Tubo prime minister said that he was afraid of rebellion. Most of these people flowed into Liangzhou , checkout self-insurance.

The large tribes at the end of the mountain had ten thousand tents, and the small tribes had hundreds of tents, and there were no less than [-] good riders. "

Thirty thousand, that's a lot of people, Yang Shihou asked again: "What is the combat strength of the soldiers at the end of the army?"

Chi Haijian smiled and said, "What kind of combat power does the poor slave have at the end of the valley? I belong to the Five Thousand Modao Squad of the Rebel Army, and I can sweep the end of the valley."

Chi Haijian did not boast. Thirty years ago, under the leadership of Zhang Yichao, the Guiyi Army captured Liangzhou, which was occupied by the main force of Tubo, with only 30 people.

The combat power of the Tubo Lunhe Department is much higher than that of these slaves.

After the Guiyi army conquered Liangzhou, the imperial court appointed Liangzhou's defense envoy, and Guiyi withdrew from Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Suzhou in order to avoid misunderstanding by the imperial court.

But as soon as the Guiyi Army left, the Uighurs and Tubo came back with a comeback. In the end, no one could have imagined that the inconspicuous Yan Mou had the upper hand in Liangzhou.

However, Ganzhou and Suzhou were occupied by the Uighurs and the Long family.

Ten years ago, the Uighurs repeatedly violated the border, and Zhang Huai couldn't stand it anymore. He raised [-] troops and swept across Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Liangzhou.

The main force sent to Liangzhou was Kang Huaili's Modao team.

In fact, not only did Chi Haijian not speak big words, but he was also a little conservative. At that time, the town general Kang Huaili only led [-] Mo Dao troops and [-] servants.

These words were originally telling the truth, but hearing Yang Shihou's ears hurt a little.

You Guiyi Army Modao team is a bull, but there is no need to look down on people.

With 5000 people in your Modao team, you can walk sideways at the end of the mountain. With 3000 people, you can only pretend to be a grandson and detour through the desert.

Yang Shihou was silent, he was not an impulsive person, he didn't touch the situation, he knew himself and the enemy, he would not make a decision lightly, he sent all the guards around him to inquire about the news along the way, while training soldiers.

When they arrived in Shenniao County, Feng Jiwen, the Defense Envoy of the Hexi Capital, received them in person.

Shenniao County is the only sphere of influence of the Tang court in Liangzhou.

Ten years ago, after Zhang Huaishen captured Liangzhou, the imperial court immediately appointed Chaosan doctor and Shangshu Zuo servant She Weng Gao as the defense envoy of Liangzhou, and then added Weng Gao as the Hexi Jiedu envoy, and he was assigned to the rebel army under the control of Weng Gao.

The imperial court once again sent troops to Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Liangzhou, but Zhang Huaishen, who was only the governor of Guazhou, continued to occupy the three states. It was meaningless, so he had no choice but to withdraw again.

History seems to keep repeating itself.

After Zhang Huaishen withdrew from Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Liangzhou, the imperial court had no spare power to manage Hexi. Not long after, the Uighurs returned to Ganzhou, the Long family returned to Suzhou again, and Yanmo continued to invade Liangzhou.

Weng Gao is also considered bloody. He led 800 troops to attack Guzang County, which was occupied by the Momo. In the end, only [-] people fled back to Shenniao County, and the rest were slaughtered.

Feng Jiwen, the Defense Envoy of the Hexi Capital, invited Yang Shihou to a banquet. During the banquet, he said: "The people at the end of the valley are all brave and good at fighting, and there are no fewer than one hundred thousand people who control strings. Going around from the desert to Guazhou is the best strategy."

Yang Shihou was also confused, how could the end of the scorpion in Chi Haijian's mouth be like a chicken and a dog, but in Feng Jiwen's mouth, how could he become a brave man with hundreds of thousands of strings.

"The combat power of the last part is really so strong?"

Feng Jiwen sighed and said: "If it weren't for this, how could I settle down in this corner of Shenniao County?"

Feng Jiwen was overjoyed when he heard that the imperial court had granted Zhang Huai-shen an envoy of ceremonies, that he could leave this place after all, and the days of worrying every day were not so easy.

If he doesn't praise the end, how will the court know his hard work.

Yin Jifeng, the defense envoy of Hexi's deputy capital who was accompanying him next to him, ate his meat in suspense. Chi Haijian sat at Yin Jifeng's lower head and looked at Feng Jiwen with a look of contempt on his face.

As for Song Guangting, the doctor of Jiedu Envoy and Jiejie, he kept his eyes on his nose and his nose on the ground, and occasionally ate two pieces of meat. His task was to confer festivals, and nothing else had anything to do with him.

Yang Shihou looked at the faces of the sentient beings, and he didn't say anything else. After he experienced it, he would naturally be able to tell whether he was strong or not.

(End of this chapter)