The culture of the Western Regions is very different from that of the Central Plains, and even the combat is also very different.

However, in the Western Regions, the battle was all-weather, with a large number of thousands of people, and a few dozen people, these people sometimes attacked the camp, sometimes attacked the patrols and sentries, and the people who came to attack were all on horseback, and ran away as soon as the fight was over, a bit like the posture of ants gnawing on elephants.

Every encounter will be recorded in the form of a battle report, as a supervising army, Zheng Peng has a copy of each order or record, and more than ten battle reports are sent every day, and the most one is more than fifty battle reports received in one day.

Zheng Peng put out the latest battle report, and said with some sighs: "Is this a war, or is it a game, how do you feel that we have become prey, and we can meet the enemy wherever we go?" ”

In the latest battle report, a patrol was attacked, and after sending out arrows to call for help, the additional squad was ambushed by the enemy on the way, killing 12 people and wounding more than 50 others, which was the biggest loss after the expedition.

What makes people shudder is that in addition to the horses, weapons, armor, and soft of the dead soldiers, all of which were taken as trophies, each corpse was also cut off from the right ear.

Kuro said with a little sympathy: "It's a little more, but these are temporary, the monk can't run the temple, as long as he reaches the city of Pahanna, when the time comes, he will compare with the real sword and gun, and in the end he still has to rely on his own strength." ”

"Second brother, it's popular in your Western Regions to cut off your ears?" Zheng Peng asked with some puzzlement.

"No, we all use horses and weapons as tokens of victory, what are we doing when we cut off our ears, and we feel cold when we look at them."

Zheng Peng nodded, and then said to himself: "It's strange, I haven't heard anyone have this habit before, is this a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry?" ”

At this time, Guo Ziyi came in from outside, shaking the secret document in his hand and said: "It's not that the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, but that there will be a brave man under the heavy reward." ”

Heavy rewards? Brave man?

Zheng Peng took it and looked at it, the whole person was stunned for a moment, then slapped the secret document on the table, gritted his teeth and said: "Cruel and vicious, it's simply inhuman." ”

"What do you say, I'll take a look" Kuro curiously leaned over to take a look, and couldn't help but read out the three words on it: "Bounty order? ”

That's right, the information is a public notice signed by Alida, on which is a bunch of words against the Tang Dynasty, and then in the name of the king of the Han Khanna, a reward was issued to everyone, the specific content is to exchange the head for gold, the left ear of a Tang army can go to any yamen of the Khan in exchange for a tael of gold, the higher the level, the more the bounty, and there is also a bounty of Zhang Xiaosong and Ashina for the head, one is three thousand gold, one is two thousand gold.

Kuro put the information back on the table and said with some anger: "This Ada, it's really crazy, in order to sit on the throne, he doesn't care about anything. ”

For Datang, one or two pieces of gold are equivalent to ten yuan of money, not too much, not too much, no less than much, this money makes the people of Datang go hard, no one will definitely go, but it is a lot of money in the Western Regions.

The Tang Dynasty is strong, the people live a rich life, weapons and armor are the second life of soldiers, and the soldiers who need to bring their own weapons and equipment naturally refuse to joke with their lives, and try their best to get a good set when they go to the battlefield, and some weapons alone are worth more than 100 yuan, so in the eyes of the enemy, every Tang army is a "gold ingot" that can walk with an ingot.

Zheng Peng looked at the corpses of many attackers, and found that many of them were dressed as ordinary shepherds, and at that time he thought that they were too poor and did not have decent armor, but now that he thinks about it, they are adventurers who died for money.

"When did Khan become so rich? Is this Tibetan or the Great Food supporting? No matter who it is, it's willing to pay for it. Guo Ziyi fell into deep thought.

Who is behind the money Zheng Peng is not interested, hearing that he used the money to incite other forces to poison the Tang Dynasty soldiers, Zheng Peng couldn't sit still, and couldn't help asking: "Ah Lida used the bounty to plot the safety of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, what countermeasures do we have?" ”

"Intensify the defense, double the number of patrols and on duty." Guo Ziyi immediately responded when he heard this.

Zheng Peng and Ashina Xian can be described as "not speculative for more than half a sentence", and they can't pee in a pot, but Guo Ziyi is different, the descendants of the Guo family in Taiyuan, deep-rooted, his father Guo Jingzhi and Ashina Xian have a friendship, and Guo Ziyi is both civil and military, has his own unique understanding of marching and fighting, and is the guest of Ashinaxian.

"That's it? No countermeasures? ”

"Seems like that's all."

Zheng Peng thought for a while and quickly asked, "Big brother, when you went back just now, was Ashina Xian still in the barracks?" ”

"Still, he's studying Qingcheng's battle plan."

The speed is really fast, the love cloth received yesterday, the soldiers of Tubo, Dashi and Dihana are assembled in Liancheng.

Qingcheng is a small border city in Pakhana, the place is not big, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the environment is good, and it is called the pearl of the Western Regions.

The Tang army commander drove straight in, and the people who harassed the Tang army in front ran away after a round, because there was still a lot of depth behind, and when it came to the territory of Pakhana, Ah Lida would definitely not be able to sit still, and sent people to Qingcheng to strengthen the defense.

The ideal is to defend the enemy outside the territory and win in an instant.

Zhang Xiaosong is in charge of the South Road, and now I don't know where to go, it is estimated that it is still using grace and power against those small forces, and the first battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi and Tubo coalition forces is likely to be carried out in Qingcheng, which has pleasant scenery.

"No, I'm going to talk to Ashinaxian." Zheng Yu thought about it, and then said with certainty.

Kuro and Guo Ziyi glanced at each other, and the two smiled at each other very tacitly.

The war is imminent, Ashina Xian in the Chinese army tent carefully deliberated the battle plan in his hand, this is just with a few henchmen and generals to make a plan to attack Qingcheng, in order to get a good start, we must be cautious.

As the commander of the five divisions of the army, Ashina is responsible for the lives of the warriors in the clan, and the most important point is to prove to the Tang Dynasty that he is more worthy of support.

With the support of the Tang Dynasty, the Sulu Khan has grown stronger and stronger, and has become a "hegemon" in the Western Regions, and the resources that the Tang Dynasty sends to the Western Regions every year are limited.

A chance for the five divisions of the land to dig up again.

Just as Ashina Xian was about to get fascinated, a herald suddenly walked in and said loudly: "Report, Deputy Supervisor Zheng is waiting in the tent, saying that he can talk to the chief manager if he has something." ”

Asha Xian was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zheng Peng to take the initiative to come to the door to find it, and immediately said when he came back to his senses: "Please!" ”

I don't know what Zheng Peng is going to do, but as a prison army, personal friendship can not be said, if it is said to be on business, Ashina is not good to refuse, and he can't refuse.