"Cheng Sheng, you rush back to the assembly point as quickly as possible, send the information back, Sun Yiwu and I are staring here, if there is a slight mistake, only you ask." Bai Zhenhua resisted the excitement in his heart and immediately gave instructions.

Cheng Sheng's heart sank, and he quickly said with a straight face: "Take the order!" ”

There were no superfluous words, the three of them were divided into two groups, Cheng Sheng ran back to report, and Bai Zhenhua, who was not at ease, stayed behind and followed Sun Yiwu to prevent them from running away.

The intelligence was reported layer by layer, and it was soon reported to Zheng Peng.

With a "bang", Zheng Peng punched on the table, and said excitedly: "Haha, hahaha, I finally made me wait." ”

In order to stimulate morale, he also paid out of his own pocket to prepare a lot of pastries to supplement the physical strength of the soldiers on the mission, and the wine was not less distributed, seeing that the time passed day by day, and there was still half a month to start spring, I thought that my hope would be disappointed, and I was going to give up, but I didn't expect a good news to come suddenly, Zheng Peng felt stunned by happiness for a while.

For the sake of this batch of goods, Zheng Peng gave up his superior life and ran here to endure hardships, which is the most important New Year, so he let the room add two dishes, and he worked hard to wait for this moment.

Lan Duo read the information, and said with some pride: "Believe it, at that time, the bird slave said that there was a discovery, you still don't believe it, fortunately, the county lord insisted, otherwise it would have been missed, I didn't expect the Tubo people to be so cunning, bringing the old people and children on board, pretending to be a small tribe that transferred the camp." ”

Zheng Peng didn't believe it, it was because Bai Que Nu provided a lot of wrong news, there were few activities in the Western Regions in winter, it didn't mean that there were no activities, like the military towns would regularly patrol the border, so there were a lot of futile actions, so that Zheng Peng didn't react much when he heard that there was a situation.

You can't blame the bird slave, the main useful information is too little, and you can only hold the principle of "killing mistakes and not letting go".

"It's not surprising" Zheng Peng said: "The various ethnic groups in the Western Regions have been getting along for so many years, and there are many entanglements with each other, it is said that the Khan and the Tubo are married, and there are many Tubo people living in the territory. ”

Lando nodded in agreement.

When Zheng Peng wanted to ask Guo Ziyi's opinion, he saw that Guo Ziyi had already spread out the map and began to look for something on the map.

"Big brother, how's it going?" Zheng Peng walked over and asked.

Guo Ziyi looked at the map for a while, and quickly said: "Judging from the intelligence, these people secretly entered Khotan Town and walked south along the Yarkand River.

Just when Guo Ziyi was making an analysis, the secret army of Tubo walking in the wilderness, a soldier dressed as a sheep, approached a middle-aged man who was driving a car, and said flatteringly while handing over the mare's milk wine: "Tufu Qianhu, or you are clever in this trick, our line is unimpeded, if the little one is not mistaken, we are going home from Pangong by mistake, right?" ”

This time he was on an important task, and for the sake of secrecy, the route back was only known to Songtufu, the head of the thousand households, and everyone only marched according to his instructions, and they did not know where to go or from where they entered the territory of Tibet.

Instead of answering the question directly, Sontuf asked, "Basan, are you familiar with this area?" ”

"The small one is a Qiangtang person, who has been herding sheep here since he was a child, and is very familiar with this area."

"When you come here, you don't have to hide it, that's right, the plan is to go back from Pangong by mistake, Basang, you are familiar with it here, look at it more later, as long as you go back smoothly, I will give you credit in front of Zampu." Sontuf instructed.

"Command" After Basang finished speaking, he said with some hesitation: "Hundred household chiefs, there is a saying, I don't know whether the small one should say it or not." ”

Sontuv said dryly: "Say! ”

"Hundred household chiefs, this is Khotan Town, the military town of the Tang Dynasty, the town guard makes Tang Kuan a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, we should not stay here for a long time, if we don't bring some women, children, cattle and sheep, our actions are at least twice as fast, the small ones think, abandon them, light car on the road, so as not to cause extraneous branches." Basang said cautiously.

Bringing this group of people is mainly to confuse the scouts along the way, and several scouts have passed smoothly along the way, thanks to those women and children, now that they are almost at the border, the use value of women and children has been greatly reduced, and there is no need to move forward with so many burdens.

"If these people were captured, I would have ended them all a long time ago, the problem is that these are our people in Tubo, and they can't be easily abandoned, otherwise they will definitely be punished if they go back, there is an old saying in the Tang Dynasty that the lights are dark, everyone thinks that we dare not go to Khotan Town, we just came, not afraid, if there is any movement, someone will notify us." Sontuf said with a relaxed face.

The Tang Dynasty has planted fine works in the countries of the Western Regions, and Tubo is no exception, and there are people from Tubo in Khotan Town, as long as Tang Kuan makes a big move, there will be someone to warn, of course, these secrets do not need to be told to his subordinates.

Otherwise, without Bassan's reminder, Sontuf would have abandoned those women and children a long time ago.

It is a merit to successfully return the looted goods back to Tibet, and it is another merit to bring back these scattered Tibetan people.

"The head of the hundred households is thoughtful, and Basang admires it."

"Okay, speed up, cheer everyone up, don't go wrong." Sontuf waved his hand, and a glint of hope appeared in his eyes.

Everyone whispered in response, and continued to hurry, no one noticed the golden vulture flying high in the sky, and no one thought that their fate had been controlled by others.

To be precise, it was swayed by Zheng Peng, Guo Ziyi and Lan Duo.

After Guo Ziyi synthesized the relevant information, he pointed to the map and said: "Here, Hukou Valley, wide inside and narrow outside, like a pocket, as long as you drive people here, a fire can bring them to a pot, the Three Kingdoms has Zhuge Liang burned the vine armor soldiers, and now I Guo Ziyi burns the Tubo slaves, hahaha." ”

Speaking of the back, Guo Ziyi smiled a little triumphantly.

Lan Duo frowned and said, "Those Tubo people may not go to Hukou Valley, right?" ”

"Simple, now our advantage is that the enemy is bright and I am dark, as long as we design it, we are not afraid to make them disobedient." Guo Ziyi said confidently.

"I believe that Captain Guo has this ability, but" Lan Duo hesitated for a moment, and quickly said: "There are old and weak, women and children in the team, isn't it a bit to burn them all to death... Too cruel? ”

After all, it was a woman, and hearing that there were many old and weak women and children in the team, Lan Duo couldn't bear it for a while.

Zheng Peng paused for a moment, and glanced at Lan Duo with some surprise, but he didn't expect that Lan Duo, who was smiling, also had a warm side.

Guo Ziyi said expressionlessly: "Righteousness is not in charge of wealth, mercy is not in charge of soldiers, for a certain person, to seek the greatest victory at the lowest cost, not only responsible for his position, but also responsible for the army's robes, you can't gamble with their lives because of a moment of mercy, because behind every soldier, there are his relatives and families." ”

After a pause, Guo Ziyi said expressionlessly: "No matter what their identity is on weekdays, when they go to the battlefield, there is only one identity, that is, the enemy, since they have chosen this path, they have to suffer the consequences of their own choices, Tubo has been fighting grass valleys all over the years, I don't know how many people from the Tang Dynasty have been taken captive, they regard the people who have been taken captive as cattle and sheep, abuse them in every way, and the crimes they have committed are too numerous to mention, do the county lords still have to sympathize with these people?" ”

The geographical environment of Tubo is relatively harsh, the terrain is high, the output in the field is limited, the cultivation level is poor, the defense ability against natural disasters is very low, the slightest disaster will have to go hungry for the winter, you can't plant yourself, just go to rob, "hit the grass valley" is the joking name of the plundering of Tubo everywhere, robbing money, grabbing grain, robbing young and strong, robbing women, grabbing livestock, the place where you pass is unbearable, and what you do is indignant to the gods.

"It's not... In fact, many of our tribesmen in Tuqishi were also harmed by the Tibetans, and what I said just now was what I said casually, and Gang Commander Guo should not have heard it. Lando said with some smuggling.

Although she is the county lord, it is not easy for Lan Duo to express too many opinions when it comes to the battle, because it is the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who participate in the battle, and she has long understood that Zheng Peng is nominally the number one, and when it comes to specific deployment, it is Guo Ziyi who has the final say.

After knowing each other for so long and knowing each other, although Guo Ziyi has not yet proven himself, he has already revealed his talent in military affairs.

Seeing that Lan Duo was suffocated, and the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Zheng Peng suddenly spoke: "Big brother, I don't really agree with your battle plan. ”

"Oh, what does the third brother think?" Guo Ziyi asked.

Zheng Peng said with a relaxed face: "In order to avoid people's eyes, the number of the Tubo team will not be large, and the fact is the same, the number is about four hundred, half of which are used as a disguise for the old, weak, sick and disabled, that is to say, we have to deal with only two hundred people, for our tiger head team, it is easy, and it can be achieved by sneak attack." ”

"The method of the sneak attack, maybe the casualties are a little bigger than the big brother's plan, turn around and think about it, those women and children can be used as slaves, here is a lot of money, if you set fire, you will destroy a lot of goods, it is too cost-effective, if it is only for 200 heads, it is not worth the labor of our tiger head team."

Lan Duo's eyes lit up, and he immediately echoed: "That's right, under the high temperature, whether the gold and silver are melted or not, the jade will definitely be burned, and the precious fur will also be burned, we are not only meritorious service this time, but the wealth, not to mention anything else, just those hundreds of war horses, it is a lot of wealth, you can't see the wealth and water with a fire." ”

When Guo Ziyi heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and quickly nodded and said: "The third brother is right, I only care about how to fight, I forgot about the goods, and I almost missed the big thing. ”

The best war horses, to say the least, cost thirty or fifty guan, four hundred war horses are worth far more than 100,000 guan, as well as cattle and sheep, etc., a fire, that is not to burn people, but to burn money.

There is no need to get along with money, Guo Ziyi is like a stream.