And in the camp outside the end of the city, Guo Ziyi led the soldiers to be familiar with the use of gunpowder, and they were very busy, and in the city lord's mansion of the end of the city, there was a square table, two embroidered piers, a few exquisite side dishes on the square table, a pot of good wine, and sitting on the embroidered pier were the two giants of the Western Regions: the superintendent of Yushi Yang Ji and the general manager of the Western Regions Huang Yang.

Huang Yang took a deep breath of the aroma of wine in the air, and said with a smile: "The osmanthus wine treasured in the palace is already full of fragrance when it is still hot, and we can be regarded as taking advantage of Zheng Peng's light." ”

Xiao Bolu's trip, Zheng Peng did not disappoint the two, not only gave the answer they wanted, but also gave the two a few jars of good wine, this pot of osmanthus wine is Zheng Peng brought around the palace treasure, it is really worthy of the palace treasure, just the aroma of wine is mouthwatering.

Yang Ji also nodded and said: "Braised meat, fast cooling, cement, everything is extraordinary, and now he has made such amazing gunpowder, no wonder His Majesty has a lot of trust in Zheng Peng, in the end, we are also stained with his light, and we have been sitting in this position for so long." ”

When Zheng Peng came to the Western Regions for the second time, Li Longji asked Yang Ji to bring a sentence: If there is only one person left alive in the war in the Western Regions, I hope that person is Zheng Peng.

Because of this sentence, Pangong mistakenly had an unprecedented vicious battle: the Tang army attacked desperately regardless of casualties, and Tubo defended desperately, both sides paid great casualties, and the Tubo general Ku Dayan still gritted his teeth and withdrew to Tubo even if he didn't catch Zheng Peng.

The casualties were too great.

After the Zhang Xiaosong incident, due to the special environment, the arbitrary power of the Western Regions could not be collected, but it could not be controlled by one person for too long, Zheng Peng's plan needed the strong support of the Western Regions, and it was kept secret in every possible way, Yang Ji and Huang Yang became Zheng Peng's logistics ministers, and Li Longji has not been replaced, so that the two of them have been at ease in Tubo for a long time.

Calling for wind and rain in the Western Regions is definitely much better than being an idle official with scruples in Chang'an.

Huang Yang took the wine jug, poured a glass for Yang Ji, and said as he poured it: "Listen to the movement, Zheng Peng should be teaching his subordinates how to use new weapons in the camp, but unfortunately the action is still slow, only half a year, if Zheng Peng's action is a little faster, the chances of victory will be much higher." ”

"Time is a little less, half a year is too tight, not to mention the vast territory of Tubo, the environment is bad, that is, time does not allow, now late autumn, it looks like it is about to enter winter, a winter, snowflakes are flying everywhere, ice and snow block the road, the snow period is at least two or three months, there is not much time, and then deduct the three months of heavy snow in winter, Zheng Pengman is less than four months, difficult, too difficult." Yanji said with some pity.

Without waiting for Huang Yang to speak, Yang Ji continued: "Fortunately, even if Zheng Peng can't take Tubo as scheduled, with the magic weapon of gunpowder, presumably the emperor will not embarrass him, so he will be so calm." ”

Huang Yang suddenly said with some hesitation: "Zheng Peng likes to brag, what makes people speechless is that most of the bulls he bragged about have been realized, looking at his confident look when he was in Xiao Bolu, he must have a back hand, Yang Yushi, do you think Zheng Peng will choose to rush in winter?" ”

"This, no, the weather is so cold, the snow is slippery, it's too difficult, it's not that I look down on Zheng Peng, you have to know that it's too difficult."

"I don't dare to agree with Yang Yushi's opinion" Huang Yang said with some emotion: "When he was just kicked out of the Zheng family in Yuancheng, Zheng Peng said that he would mix well and return to his hometown, which was regarded as a joke in Yuancheng, because at that time, he was a disciple who spent money like dirt and did not learn and did not know how to do it, who would have thought that he would have his current achievements and be promoted to the rank of knight; An Lu Khan of Tuqi Shi went to Chang'an Mian Sheng, and won a good horse selected by the emperor in a horse race, Zheng Peng stood up and threatened to win An Lu Khan's BMW with a pile of wood, no one was optimistic at that time, thinking that he was a liar, so the bicycle was born and won the race without controversy. ”

Also, when Zheng Peng wanted to marry the woman of the Boling Cui clan, none of them were good-looking, because at that time, the Boling Cui clan and the Taiyuan Wang clan had reached a consensus, and Zheng Peng swore in public that he must do it, and in the end, he didn't let him get the beauty as he wished? Building bridges in the river, skillfully breaking cities, and Jedi escapes have created many miracles, and it will not be strange to create one more miracle. ”

Yang Ji picked up the wine glass in his hand, took a sip with taste, and then squinted his eyes and said: "In any case, we are already invincible, Xiao Bolu has successfully trained the army, confirming that the so-called curse of Tubo has been broken, and with the sharp weapon of gunpowder, luck has completely stood in the power of the Tang Dynasty, as for what Zheng Peng does, there is no need to guess, he is so smart, what others think, he must think of it, just sit here, drink a little wine, coax the beauty, and cooperate with him at any time." ”

Huang Yang laughed and poured Yang Ji full of wine again: "This is reasonable, Yang Yushi, I will give you a glass." ”

"It's done."

And the city lord's mansion in the last city sang and danced, and the Tubo Qianhu Ulun Yama, who was far away in Tubo Sunbo City, also greeted the first snow of early winter with a smile.

In the barracks outside Sun Bo City, Ulun Nama stretched out his hand to catch a few snowflakes falling from the sky, and said happily: "The first snow of winter this year is fifteen days earlier than last year. ”

Jin Dengba, a confidant and chief of 100 households, echoed and said: "As soon as it snows, the sons and daughters can have a good rest and nourish their fat." ”

Ulun Yama is known as Sun Bo Qianhu, and he also has a double identity as the general of Zhenbei, and is not subject to Sun Bo Wanhu's control, but directly obeys the command and dispatch of Zampu, the reason is that Ulun Ngama is a close confidant of Zampu and is the first line of defense in the north of the city.

In addition to guarding the soldiers and horses of the various units guarding the city of Luo, Tubo Zanpu Chide Zuzan also personally commanded four personal guard troops, deployed in the four directions of the city, the nature of the four personal guard troops is similar to the Yulin Army in the hands of Li Longji, and the four personal guard troops are all henchmen and cronies commanding the commanders, and they are divided into Zhenbei General, Zhendong General, Zhennan General and Zhenxi General.

As a pro-guard unit, Chide Zuzan's requirements are very strict, stipulating that soldiers train two jobs every day, one work is two hours, only the last day of each decade, training for half a day, and rest for half a day, but the exception is winter, because it is too cold, the raw soldiers are frozen, and they are afraid of falling and hurting their horses, so they can be trained by the general at his discretion.

Ulun Nama nodded: "Jin Dengba, I'll leave it to you here, I will have some housework to deal with, if there is anything important, just send someone to ask for instructions." ”

"Understood, General."

Ulun Nama confessed a few more words, and then returned home with his personal guards.

After the general left, Jin Dengba said with some jealousy: "The general married two more beauties last month, and they are still rare twin sisters. ”

A person who was dressed in the team said cautiously: "Zampu strictly ordered that you can't leave the team without permission, and the general will go back like this, if something really happens, what should I do?" ”

Jin Dengba knocked on his head and said angrily: "What can be the matter, don't you see the snow, the weather is so cold, the road is so slippery, who will be idle and have nothing to do, in the end, the only ones who can compete with our Tubo are Da Shi and Da Tang, but no, this is the land of God's blessing, they can't enter at all, speaking of defense, that is, to prevent those restless major tribes, now Tubo is thriving, the power of the royal family is in full swing, who dares to disagree?" ”

The team is Jin Dengba's cousin Zali Phuntsok, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Brother, you can't say that, Pangong made a mistake in the battle, the general was really ruthless, all the soldiers from various territories went to die, and the soldiers of the royal family watched the play in the back and acted as the execution team. ”

Kim Dunba said disappreciatively: "So what, do they dare to make trouble? Pangong made a mistake, the general got the formula of cement, and dedicated it to Zampu, now the key points controlled by the royal family, the city, all with cement reinforcement once, just like the camp of our Zhenbei army, built a horse dam, cement wall, impregnable, who would dare to act rashly. ”

"That's, that's" Zali Phuntsok blinked and said with a mysterious expression, "The general goes back to enjoy his new concubine, brother, why don't you find a few beautiful slave girls to sing and dance, and we can have a good time, okay?" ”

"You kid, you have a lot of ideas, okay, go ahead and do it." Kim Tengba immediately agreed.

Training every day, it's boring, Ulun Yama can go home and enjoy, why can't he indulge it, now it's snowing, it seems to be not small, and there are no people who are afraid of the heavy snow blocking the road.

Not only the military camp in Zhenbei, but also the people of Tubo, drove the cattle back to the sheepfold early, fed some hay prepared in advance, and then the family closed the door to bake the fire, sang around the fire, and then used a sharp knife to cut off pieces of fatty meat and roast it on the shelf, how beautiful.

The climate of the Western Regions is cold, in winter, under the ravages of the cold north wind, the city loses its usual vitality and hustle, and the wild is a lonely and deserted world.

However, it was in this cold weather, and the camp of the Western Army outside the city was not idle, and on the school ground, a group of soldiers were waiting for the order to leave.

It was very cold, but every soldier was dressed thick from head to toe, wearing a white sheepskin hat, wearing a special quilt, wearing Zheng Peng's special cowhide shoes, wearing sheepskin gloves on his hands, and a white cloak on his body.

It feels like it's almost one with the snow.

The weather was very cold, but the officers and men of the Right Army of the Western Expedition were enthusiastic when they stood on the school ground, and the reason was very simple, the Right Army of the Western Expedition was selected as the pioneer and went straight to Tibet.

The winter is cold, no matter what, the Tibetan curse, and what, what the right army of the expedition to the west has to do is to do earth-shattering things at an impossible time for people who Tubo thinks are impossible.

If it was changed to before, the people present would definitely not be willing to go, Tubo is a cursed place, it is cold in winter, and the number of people is too small, this point of people entering Tubo is simply a sheep into the mouth of a tiger, but now it is different: the so-called curse of Tubo was broken by General Zheng, pointing out that it is an inadaptation caused by different environments, that is, altitude sickness, and it is okay to get used to it.

With gunpowder, the Tubo people will arrange as many as they come, what are you afraid of, don't you see that the brothers of the front army, the left army and the middle army are jealous, although it is a little dangerous, but the vanguard is the rhythm of "eating meat", following behind, whether you can drink soup or not depends on the face of others.

Zheng Peng looked at the right army of Zhengxi lined up below, then turned his head and said to Cui Xiyi: "Second brother, let you be the pioneer this time, you must pay attention to safety, and make the movement as small as possible." ”

Zheng Peng's plan was to send a force to open the road first to cover the army behind, and the front and rear armies could also take care of the front and back.

This is the job of "shooting black guns", which is most suitable for Cui Xiyi, who has served as a high-ranking official among bad people.

Generals with distinctive personalities often "pass on" their personalities to their subordinates, Zheng Peng saw Cui Xiyi training his subordinates, emphasizing efficiency and individual combat ability, and using their talents according to their talents, so he sent Cui Xiyi to act as a pioneer.

Cui Xiyi nodded very happily: "Understand, rest assured, a certain will quietly remove the guard tower in Tubo, and will never give them a chance to report the news." ”

From the bad people to the West Gate Fourth Army, from the West Gate Fourth Army to the Fourth Army, Cui Xiyi has been conscientious and does not dare to slack off, in order to establish a good career with Zheng Peng, when the time comes, not only to seal the wife and son, but also to return to the hometown and shine on the lintel, more than four years of dedication and waiting, today finally opened a new chapter.

It is also a glorious chapter.

Cui Xiyi didn't say it before, he has been playing drums in his heart, for fear that his most precious years of youth will be wasted in Xiao Bolu, a place where birds don't, and after witnessing the power of gunpowder, Cui Xiyi's heart is full of sunshine and hope.

Five years, not in vain!

"Okay, they're all brothers, don't say much politely, pay attention to safety." Zheng Peng took the trouble to say: "Second brother, when you set off, let the soldiers each bring two planks and a handful of hay, and they can take turns to spread it in the slippery places." ”

"Then you still need to say it" Cui Xiyi said confidently: "In the end, the Western Regions can stay longer than you where your second brother can make his career, don't worry, didn't you find a guide, and besides, the county lord also lent me the Bird Slave and General Lingying Jin, which is equivalent to an extra pair of eyes, it's okay." ”

In the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it clashed with Tubo, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been countless battles of all sizes, although the army of the Tang Dynasty rarely set foot on the land of Tubo, but the relevant intelligence and maps do not stop collecting for a day, Cui Xiyi has served as a bad general here, and he is not at all worried, and he also found people who hate Tubo and are familiar with the terrain from the prisoners sold to the Tang Dynasty as guides, and the intelligence, materials, and guides are extremely well prepared, Cui Xiyi is very confident.

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