Song Jing took the fold and didn't look at it himself, but handed it to Yao Chong on the side first.

Yao Chong took it and opened it, his face became a little weird, and while handing it back to Song Jing, he frowned and said, "It's weird, Tubo has always been like a stone in a pit, smelly and hard, this time he took the initiative to soften?" ”

Song Jing took it and looked at it, and quickly frowned: In the compromise, he said that recently, there has been a group of bandits with uncertain movements on the border of Tubo, who have done all kinds of evil in Tubo, and also attacked outposts and plundered ordnance.

"This thing is a little weird" Song Jing said: "Ordinary bandits, will not alarm the high-level of Tubo, this letter is equivalent to a letter of state, it seems that this bandit is not simple." ”

After Song Jing finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, didn't you receive a secret report last month that a village in Tubo was attacked and the whole village was slaughtered, could it be related to this incident?" ”

Li Longji hesitated, nodded and said, "That's right, there is indeed such a secret report. ”

There was no need to instruct, Gao Lishi on the side was already looking for it in the cabinet where the information was stored on the side, and after a while, Gao Lishi respectfully sent the secret report to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, the secret report is here." ”

If you do your homework well on weekdays, Gaolishi likes to be in order, and the folds will be stored in a classified manner, and if you look for the folds related to Tibet, you can find them in a specially stored cabinet.

There are not many words on the secret report, but it is simply written that the sheep and the village named Wagua were attacked at night, and no men, women and children in the village survived.

Song Jing continued: "I remember this incident very clearly, the military department sent a special envoy, and the result of the investigation was that there was no change in the border army, so it was difficult to make trouble with bandits in different places? ”

Yao Chong stroked his beard, half-squinted and didn't speak, leaning less, his old eyes opened, and he said a little anxiously: "Your Majesty, the border is estimated to have changed." ”

"Oh, how so?" Li Longji said.

Yao Chong explained: "Tubo's letter is clearly a request and a secret accusation, but in fact, it is to clear his suspicion in advance and cover up his actions, and the border is afraid that there will be changes." ”

"No, a stream of bandits, at most, is plundering some goods and livestock, will it be that the defeated soldiers who attacked the Khan that day have not been cleared?" Song Jing opened his mouth and said.

During the war, it was too chaotic, many people were scattered, and some soldiers were left behind, some of them could not go back, some did not want to go back, and some were afraid that they would be punished or held accountable.

Yao Chong explained: "Guangping, there is one thing you don't know, that Wagua Village is a stronghold that Datang has been operating for many years, and almost one-third of the people in the village are obedient to Datang and acting as Datang's secret agents. ”

Li Longji nodded and said: "Yao Aiqing's analysis is very reasonable, seeing that Tubo is healed, the scar has forgotten the pain. ”

Song Jing looked at Yao Chong with some surprise, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.

Yao Chong has retired for a long time, but whenever there is a major event, Li Longji summons him to the scene, and attaches great importance to his meaning, such a top-secret thing as a secret stronghold, even he doesn't know it, but Yao Chong, who has retired, knows it.

It can be seen that Li Longji trusts him.

Fortunately, Yao Chong is his own person, but he is not envious and jealous, Song Jing beat a spirit, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is necessary to let the border army, especially the defenders of Khotan, which is close to the same area as Yang, strengthen their vigilance, and not let Tubo have a chance." ”

Li Longji said with a calm face: "Tubo's wolf ambition is well known to the Tang Dynasty, and it is the norm to be strict against Tubo. ”

"I don't know what changes will happen to the border now, just by a letter, it is difficult to judge what is going on, it is better to be still, while paying attention to the changes in the border, and at the same time let the secret agents see if there is anything abnormal in Tibet." Yao Chong spoke.

Song Jing shook the letter in his hand, and said with some concern: "Tubo to Chang'an, the road is far away, if you really have different intentions, I am afraid that there have been changes in the border." ”

"What are you afraid of" Li Longji said with a domineering face: "The Tang Dynasty is strong and strong, as solid as a rock, and I am afraid of those rats and thieves, so it is good to train and train soldiers, don't let the soldiers be too idle, what I am afraid of is that they will not come." ”

When Li Longji spoke, he was full of confidence and domineering, showing the self-confidence and kingly demeanor of the emperor of the Celestial Empire to the fullest, even Yao Chong and Song Jing were also impressed by him.

If Cui Xiyi, who was thousands of miles away, heard Song Jing's words, he would praise him for being like a god.

On the night of February 17, it was an ordinary but meaningful day for the soldiers of the Wolf's Tooth Fort.

The new fort, which had been worked on day and night, was finally completed.

The days on the border were monotonous and lonely, especially in the Wolf's Tooth Fort, where the lonely fortress was deep, except for his colleagues, sometimes he didn't see a living creature for half a month.

It was dark; mountain winds, very strong; The suburbs are very lonely, however, in the Wolf's Tooth Castle, Cui Xiyi slept very sweetly, and even snored slightly.

Langya Fort is a pilot of cement, after transporting the cement to Langya Fort, Cui Xiyi got up early to catch up with the dark, supervised the craftsmen to build the new Fort of Langya, which was just completed yesterday, and Cui Xiyi, who was very tired, fell asleep.

Successfully complete the mission, get a good night's rest, and go home tomorrow.

There's someone waiting for me at home.

was sleeping soundly, and suddenly someone shook himself, and faintly heard someone whispering: "Yingzheng, Yingzheng, there is a situation." ”

As soon as he heard that there was a situation, Cui Xiyi's eyes widened, he sat up suddenly, and saw that it was his henchman Ma Jiaxing who called him, and asked calmly, "What's the matter?" ”

Ma Jiaxing whispered: "A dark whistle we set up has not responded for a quarter of an hour. ”

"Did you notify the people in the fort?"

"I have informed Chief Ji that now the Wolf Tooth Fort is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and all the soldiers have entered a state of alert." Ma Jiaxing whispered.

As he spoke, Cui Xiyi had already put on his battle armor, hung the bow on his back, and said calmly: "Don't light the lamp, go." ”

Ordinary people were somewhat panicked when they heard that there was danger, but Cui Xiyi heard that there was danger, not only did he not panic, but his eyes showed a trace of excitement.

"Cui Yingzheng, I didn't expect even you to be alarmed." When he came to the lookout room of the Wolf's Tooth Fort, Ji Zhenghong, the head of the Wolf's Tooth Fort, greeted him in a whisper.

"How's it going?" Cui Xiyi went straight in.

Ji Zhenghong lowered his voice and said, "I heard the ground just now, it should be that there is something abnormal in the north. ”

"Those who come are not good, and those who are good are not coming" Cui Xiyi held his hand on the hilt of the knife and said coldly: "Now it is the south wind blowing, they touched it from the downwind position, they are not ordinary horse thieves, it is a coincidence, just to test the power of the wolf's tooth new castle." ”

"Also, let's see how many traps they can dodge." A sneer appeared on Ji Zhenghong's mouth.

The Wolf's Tooth Fort is like a nail embedded in the border of Tibet, the function is not only to look at the wind, but also to protect oneself is also very strong.

"Ah~" "Ah~"

As soon as Ji Zhenghong's words fell, two terrible screams came from the darkness, obviously someone had touched the trap.

"Enemy attack!"

The soldiers on duty shouted, and then someone blew a horn.

In an instant, the Wolf's Tooth Fort was brightly lit, and in the firelight, I could vaguely see a lot of people crowding in the north position, and the cold light of the blade flashed.

There are really people who want to do it against the Wolf's Tooth Castle.

"Who are you? This is the wolf's tooth fort of the Tang Dynasty, retreat quickly, and violators will be killed. "One team is speaking out loud.

If ordinary people heard that this was the military fort of the Tang Dynasty, they would definitely run as fast as they could, but those people in the darkness listened, not only did not retreat, but lit torches.

If the sneak attack fails, simply attack openly.

With a little torch, Ji Zhenghong also saw the situation of the enemy on the opposite side, and couldn't help but gasp: There are about 800 people coming from the enemy, including infantry and cavalry, all of them are sturdy men, some are wearing rattan armor and some are wearing chain mail, each of them is equipped with long and short weapons, judging from the formation they are marching, they are definitely well-trained elite soldiers.

It is more elite than the regular army of Tibet.

"Who are you, report your name?"

"This is the border of the Tang Dynasty, if you don't retreat, you won't be killed."

"Don't you even dare to say anything?"

The team on duty kept asking questions, trying to figure out who was coming, but those people didn't pay attention at all, didn't say a word, moved forward step by step, and answered that the Tang team was only the sound of the big wooden stake hitting the ground and the sound of the shield falling to the ground.

In order to clear the trap, those people slapped the ground with wooden stakes two or three feet long, deliberately triggering the trap mechanism, and in order to be shot by a dark arrow, there was also a row of shield soldiers in front of them.

Preparations are clearly made.

"No need to scream, get ready to fight." Cui Xiyi frowned and said loudly.

The team hesitated for a moment and set their eyes on Ji Zhenghong, the head of the castle.

Ji Zhenghong is his immediate boss, and Cui Xiyi is just a battalion leader in charge of logistics, it seems that Cui Xiyi has a high official position, but the two do not belong to the same sequence.

Just when Ji Zhenghong wanted to remind Cui Xiyi to overstep his authority, Cui Xiyi suddenly took out a swarthy token and lit up in Ji Zhenghong's eyes, and said: "From now on, the Wolf Tooth Fort will be taken over by the base camp. ”

"All the soldiers in the Langya Fort obey the order, and everything is under the command of Cui Yingzheng." Ji Zhenghong's face was grim, and he immediately ordered.

Cui Xiyi showed the token of Tang Kuan, the town guard of Khotan, and when he saw this card, if the town guard made him come in person, he had the right to mobilize no more than 1,000 people in Khotan Town.

The establishment of the Wolf's Tooth Fort is one hundred, and Cui Xiyi has no problem taking over.

After taking over the Wolf's Tooth Fort, Cui Xiyi immediately issued the first order: "The archers are ready, as soon as the incoming person enters the shooting range, kill him, Chief Ji Bao, immediately let people send a distress signal." ”