Time passed slowly. From noon to afternoon, the golden sunset shone obliquely on the eaves of the governor's palace at the end of the south street in Dunhuang City.

On the eight-character wall outside the house, a large number of idlers are gathering, listening to the readers interpreting the latest two decrees. The crowd was excited and satisfied!

In the side courtyard of the Provisional Governor's Palace, Ma Zhifu of Shazhou Mansion sighed with his Shaoxing master, "Senator Jia is ruthless enough!" ”

This is probably the general view in the civil service system of the entire Dunhuang city. Senator Jia is young, but he has a black hand and a ruthless heart, and he is a hard stubble.

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In the evening, the sunset is like fire. Impleshed with Dunhuang City. The Hushang Guli Mansion in the east of the city has been seized. The family assets of five Hu merchants, Pilian, Ye Xi, Wu Suti, Luo Gan, and Ah Cai, were also seized.

In the quiet courtyard of the deputy general's mansion in the west of the city, Miao Qi, who was frustrated in his life, danced his weapons on the school field and exercised for half an hour.

On the small table, a pot of rice wine and a few plates of cold dishes.

Miao Qi drank alone and was silent.

Xie Shen sighed in his heart, it was really a chore to find General Miao at this time. He didn't want to come. With such a general trend in Dunhuang City, what countermeasures can he have? After pondering, he said, "My lord, Yang Wei said that the news of Tugu's rebellion was interrogated from the mouths of Guli and Baye Gubu. I'm afraid this will prompt Tuyuhun to gather cavalry! ”

Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, announcing it in public will only make the Tuyu Hun Department deviate from Germany. It's unwise.

Miao Qi sneered and said angrily: "Let them go." "He was left behind in Dunhuang. But the situation in Dunhuang is no longer under his control.

Xie Shen nodded slightly. At that time, the proprietor will come forward to clean up the mess, or persuade the Tuyuhun people to withdraw and turn the tide.

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At this time, Hu Qi, who made a detour, had already arrived in the small oasis arranged by Tugu Hunbu. The horses were sitting on the ground, feeding the horses, or wiping their swords and arrows. The sun sets over the valley of the oasis.

The public trial at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning is closer!

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It's night, and there is no moon.

In the city of Guazhou, Qi Chi and Zeng Jigao were talking in the study of the Marshal's Mansion.

In the wings on both sides outside the study, the lights were bright, and dozens of officials, officials, and staff members were busy nervously. In the front-line war, how can you not be busy? News from Dunhuang: Tomorrow's public trial. At the beginning of tonight, Hu cavalry attacked the camp once.

The study is not large, and there is a bookcase, full of confidential official documents. At the window, there is a set of chairs.

Zeng Jigao sat in the chair, put down the secret letter handed to him by Governor Qi, and sighed with a smile: "Jia Ziyu and the handsome have a very tacit understanding. He engages in intrigue and intrigues, what a first-class character! is worthy of being a character who came out of the court! ”

Qi Chi is dressed in civilian clothes, in his early fifties, with a square face and long beard, and a solemn bearing. At this time, he raised his head and laughed, and said, "Ji Gao's words are implying that Bendu is very insidious!" ”

Zeng Jigao also smiled, he had such a temper, he spoke more straightforwardly, and said, "Dashuai, Xunyang should have arrived." It's up to tomorrow. ”

Qi Chi didn't speak, nodded slightly, and a sharp light shot out of his eyes. He wanted to fulfill his promise to kill Hu Qi and build a Beijing view in Beishan.

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When Qi Chi and his staff were "chatting" before the war, in the camp tent of the alliance army of the Baye Gubu, Baye Gutumen and his close subordinates were gossiping with General Luo in the middle of the night. He married the noble daughter of the Tongluo Department and the pearl of the Mobei grassland: Uniri. At this time, it was in the rear of his army.

Baye Gutumen is in his fifties, his beard is half white, and in the big tent on the mountainside, he drinks with Po Shi, and says: "Po Shi, you have always been careful, do you think there are still loopholes in my plan?" ”

Po Shi was tall-nosed and deep-eyed, blue-eyed and yellow-haired, sitting behind a table and chair on a blanket, holding a bowl of mare's milk wine, and muttering: "Taiji, there is no flaw in your plan. If there is to be said, it is to send Baye Gu Xiaode to serve as the commander of the attack on Dunhuang City. ”

Baye Gutumen smiled and said, "He is a little wolf cub. Not a problem there. On the contrary, here in Guazhou, we will fight hard tomorrow! The main force that restrained the Zhou people. Forcing them to be unable to return reinforcements. ”

This issue, which was already discussed at the military meeting in the afternoon, had various countermeasures. Po Shi couldn't say any tricks. Thinking.

Baye Gutumen squinted his eyes and looked out of the tent. His expression gradually became resolute.

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The moon is in the sky.

On the Gobi in front of the official road between Dunhuang and Guazhou, a battalion of 8,000 people from Beijing is calmly encamped. They were still twenty miles away from Dunhuang.

Xun Yang, the general of the Yaowu battalion, inspected the camp and looked into the distance on the horizon. I don't see Dunhuang City.

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The situation, like a tight bow and arrow, is getting tighter and tighter in a constant pull. In the middle of the night, Jia Huan did not sleep. Starting from Beishan, Guazhou, to the boundary of Dunhuang, the pictures everywhere are connected into a compact picture scroll.

In the eastern corner of the map of the Western Regions, a big war is about to break out!

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The morning light on the first day of September appeared on the horizon, twenty miles northwest of Dunhuang City, in the Da Zhu Ze, people called Ma Neigh! Nearly 10,000 people and horsemen continued to gather from one camp to another, gathering under the banner of the tiger of the famous king of the Tuyuhun tribe.

The sound of horses' hooves shaking the earth.

Standing on the hillside, looking at the cavalry in his tribe, the soldiers and horses were strong, with a smile on his face, and he slowly raised his right hand.

"Ho! Ho! ”

The spears of the Hu cavalry slammed on the ground, and their mouths neighed, making a terrifying cry! The trumpeter behind him blew the horn. The desolate sound of "woo" resounded in the Great Nazawa, wafting in the wind. This is the clarion call of war!

In the yurt-like tents, the eyes of the people left behind were fixed on the army in front of them, with a look of hope on their faces. In the city of Dunhuang, the Han people have countless wealth, and there are women with delicate bodies and delicate skin. All this wealth will be brought back. Enrich the entire tribe.

Fu Zhong lifted the reins, stepped out half of the horse's head, and raised his voice: "Warriors of Tuyuhun Division! Yesterday, your king was insulted by the officials of the Zhou people in the city of Dunhuang. He told me to 'get out.' Today, I decided to get revenge!

The 30,000 troops of the ancient department of Baye have arrived in Dunhuang. They are our solid allies! Now, pick up your swords and courage, and follow me to Dunhuang. The riches of the city and your children are at your disposal.

The ancestors watched us from heaven. Glory belongs to Tuyuhun. Let's go! ”

"Ho! Ho! ”

A burst of cheers erupted on the grassland, and then rows of Hu horsemen began to set out, rushing out of the grassland like mercury!

The war has begun!

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On the first day of September, the city of Dunhuang was still in the tranquility of the early morning. In the post station in the south of the city, the civil officials began to pick themselves up and prepare to go out.

Yesterday at the state school, Jia Huan announced that Hu Shangguli would be tried in the south of the city at 7 o'clock this morning. It didn't say that those people were to be there. But they're definitely going to be there.

In the morning light, the flow of people in Dunhuang City continues to converge to the market entrance in the south of the city.

The two main streets in the east-west direction of Dunhuang City are in a "Hui" character structure. The market entrance in the south of the city is not far from the city gate. The area is bustling and bustling.

In the morning light, the officials and officials had already arrived. The high platform in the middle has been erected.

At 6:40, the sky and the earth were still cool at night. The prisoner cart loaded with the fat beard merchant was slowly setting off from the governor's palace.

The sound of the car is booming.

Jia Huan rode on his jujube red horse and walked slowly beside the prisoner car.