Chapter 7: The Unexpected

Chang Sihao had a good impression of Sonam Gyatso, but how could he decide lightly on a major military matter?

Qin Langchuan thought to himself what was wrong, he actually hesitated, and even had a sense of dependence on Xiaohao's child, could it be that he was really old?

Sonam Gyatso happily said, "Thank you. ”

Chang Sihao and Sonam Gyatso picked up the rubble, and moved the bodies of Qi Beishan and Liangyin and Qingyin out of the two masters, and dug and buried them in an open field on the side of the road, the graves of the two masters were next to each other, and the tombs of Qibeishan were buried far away. Sonam Gyatso turned the prayer wheel in his hand and chanted the scriptures in front of the tomb in turn, with a solemn expression.

Qin Langchuan stood on the side of the collapsed cave wall with a long knife in the setting sun, looked at the big Buddha that was already in the open air, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that this cave was collapsed by us, otherwise Shakyamuni doesn't know that it will take thousands of years to see the sun, haha." Looking up at the sky, he suddenly felt that the sun was dazzling, his body shook, and he was a little unsteady on his feet, so he hurriedly beckoned: "Xiaohao, help me." Chang Sihao ran back to hold him, Qin Langchuan laughed loudly: "Hey! No, no, no! I think when I celebrate my seventieth birthday, everyone still doesn't know what old is, but now I know, it turns out that old is like this bear!"

Chang Sihao saw that his white hair was pale, and his originally ruddy and shining skin was grayish and black at this moment, and his heart was sad for a while, but he heard Qin Langchuan whisper in his ear: "If you go here and see me answering, you will go up and slaughter it with a knife, there is no need to say more." Chang Sihao frowned, but his shoulders were tightened, and Qin Langchuan's eyes flashed with a palpitating light: "Xiaohao, the lives of all the soldiers and civilians are in your hands!" said the big hand on his shoulder and shook it.

Chang Sihao was about to speak, Sonam Gyatso had chanted the scriptures, and had already turned back, Qin Langchuan said: "Master, it's not early, let's set off." Sonam Gyatso nodded, Chang Sihao brought the horse of Qibeishan to him to ride, and untied the horses of Liangyin and Qingyin, and patted the back of the crotch, and the second horse knew the way and galloped back to the city.

Qin Langchuan's arms were weak, trembling suddenly, and it was a little laborious to get on the horse, Chang Sihao was about to reach out to help, but he was stubborn, shook his head and gritted his teeth, pulled the saddle and turned over and sat down, and smiled: "Can the master ride a horse?" Sonam Gyatso smiled: "It's okay." Qin Langchuan said with a smile: "The horses are bumpy, it is not as comfortable as flying clouds and fog!" Sonam Gyatso said: "The donor said that he laughed, that kind of ability is not in the world." Qin Langchuan smiled: "It turns out that you also understand some things in the world." Sonam Gyatso's expression was calm, and he also smiled.

Chang Sihao had not heard of their words, looked at the seated statue of Shakyamuni, and was silent, thinking that this trip was to kill me, whether he sneaked into the assassination or fought hard, there was no objection. But Sonam Gyatso kindly made peace with the two sides, and if he killed him as soon as he saw me, it was really unreasonable, but if he didn't do so, Qin Langchuan couldn't explain it. The heart is at war.

When he came back to his senses, he only heard Qin Langchuan asking, "I don't know where I rode to?"

Sonam Gyatso said: "The little monk saw him camping by the Hunhe River yesterday, and he must have already killed the tiger at this moment. Qin Langchuan looked at the sky and said, "In this way, we are only two hundred miles away from him, hurry up, and we can meet at dusk." Xiao Hao, get on the horse and go!" Chang Sihao nodded, and pulled the Thunder Knife diagonally behind his back and saddled up.

The three of them identified the direction of beating horses and moving forward, encountered a river on the way, ate some dry food and drank a few mouthfuls of water, sorted out their appearance slightly, and continued to walk for about an hour, and they had reached the boundary of Que'er Mountain, Qin Langchuan said: "We are walking the straightest and closest road." To the west through Chenjiayao, Oujia Village, is to kill the tiger's mouth, Chenjiayao has a mountain beam, the army is not easy to march, I replied maybe after the killing of the tiger's mouth will be diverted, one is to drink the horse Cangtou River, from Niuxinbao, Zhangjiachang this way through Yungang to take Datong West, and then another is from Li Dayao eastward turn through Beisheng Village, through the broken fort through the West Village, Gudian to Datong North. The former is easier to walk, but a little farther away. I expect that I have a better chance of taking the second road, and we will go to Cao Lian along Weilubao, which is not far from Beisheng Village, and may be able to copy it to the front of the army. Chang Sihao admired in his heart, thinking that it was no accident that the Qin family could dominate Shanxi under his leadership, and it was not a big deal for him to be familiar with geography in the palm of his hand. Another journey, the road dust and sand are getting bigger, the red sun is biased to the west, the autumn wind is sassy, it makes people feel quite cool, there seems to be a slight sound of water boiling in front of the pot, urging the horse to look at the high slope, only to see the distant wilderness and mountains, bushes, and sparse places with rolling dust and smoke from west to east, Sonam Gyatso said: "It's them." Qin Langchuan was shocked in his heart: "I thought I could copy in front of them, but I almost missed it, the enemy army came so fast!"

The three of them slanted their horses, the road was near and far, and it took more than half an hour to catch up, at this time the army of Alta had stopped advancing, someone commanded back and forth, and hurriedly set up camp while the sun had not set, the sentinel found the three horsemen early, a small team of Pegasus ushered in, the first person brandished a scimitar, shouting in his mouth, Sonam Gyatso stepped forward to answer, the man saw the prayer wheel in his hand, his expression immediately became respectful, Qin Langchuan thought to himself that he and they did not understand the language, but he had to be cautious, and he said in a low voice: " Pay attention to their expressions, feel that there is a problem, take the first shot, don't suffer a loss, fall out and kill if you can, don't worry about me. Chang Sihao nodded, knowing that he was seriously injured, and he closed his meridians and relied on a breath of true qi to press up, looking at his gray hair, there was a faint pain in his heart, secretly thinking that since he came here for the assassination this time, now he is the only one who can do it, how can he let him down?

Sonam Gyatso spoke a few words to the leader, who summoned his men and gave them orders, and the latter hurried back, and the leader led the three men slowly towards the camp, with the cavalry on his right and left. Sonam Gyatso said to Qin Chang and the others: "They have sent someone back to report, and the two of you should not be impatient." Qin Langchuan said: "The Guru seems to be quite famous among the Tatars, and how many people do they believe in the Yellow Sect?"

Sonam Gyatso said: "Many of the Tatar nobles have embraced our religion, but the influence of folk shamanism is so great that it has not been able to spread on a large scale. When the little monk preached in Tashilhunpo Monastery, there were Tatar monks who asked questions, and the little monk answered them one by one, so that he was satisfied and returned, and then he was invited to come and go several times, and the things for the transmission of the Dharma were very meager, so the name was slightly known. ”

In front of the camp while speaking, the white military tents are like white mushrooms after the rain, they have long been connected, the flags are like the sea, beckoning to raise waves, the Tartar soldiers will be mighty in leather robes, the armor is bright and bright, each has a division of labor, and there is no noise. Qin Langchuan thought about it just by looking at this army to know its law, I replied that I have used soldiers for many years, and there are indeed some Taoism, but it seems that the military horses here are only 20,000 or 30,000, and it is really an exaggeration to falsely claim 100,000. After a short time, I heard the sound of the horn, the two teams of honor guards came out of the camp, arranged neatly, behind the sound of drums, a tall horse galloped, the person immediately wore a red robe, a silk belt tied around the waist, wearing a fire fox fur hat, and a cowhide boot, looking at Sonam Gyatso from a distance, turned over and dismounted, smiled, ran to meet him, and his expression was very affectionate. Qin Langchuan saw that this person was burly, with a round waist and wide shoulders, and he was afraid that he would weigh more than three hundred catties, standing with Sonam Gyatso, nearly half a body taller than him, with thick eyebrows and short beards, and he was only about thirty years old, so he didn't know who he was.

Sonam Gyatso said a few words, and brought the red-robed man to introduce the two: "This is Uenqi, the commander of Altan Khan's personal Iron Guard. Qin Langchuan and Chang Sihao raised their heads and arched their hands. Wu Enqi said in slightly stiff Chinese: "Hello two friends, the teacher's friend is our friend, the teacher, let's both speak Chinese, so as not to make the two friends feel lonely." Sonam Gyatso nodded.

Qin Langchuan thought to himself, this person is also careful. After a few polite words, Wu Enqi said: "Master, two friends, please come inside." He led the way, and several men followed him into the camp.

Chang Sihao walked and looked around, and saw that the fence on the left and right was in order, all of which were nailed into the ground by the stakes with the scorched at the tip, and the middle was connected by wooden planks, and the soldiers quickly set up an arrow tower, and the patrol posts shuttled back and forth, thinking that this big camp was camped in the open field, and it was not easy to sneak in. After walking for half a cup of tea, there is a fence in front of it, and two layers of antlers are lattice at the gate, and the big tent can already be seen from a distance. The number of guards in the vicinity had more than doubled, and their armor was red, with white feathers stuck diagonally on their hats. Wu Enqi said: "From here on, there is the Iron Guard Army inside, and weapons cannot be brought in." ”

Chang Sihao glanced at Qin Langchuan, and Sonam Gyatso said: "The two of you don't have to worry, there are little monks here, and the safety of the two is guaranteed." Qin Langchuan thought to himself that at this moment, Sonam Gyatso's skills have lost most of his skills, no matter how strong the Tartar guards are, they are just some barbarians, and they can be stabbed to death with Chang Sihao's fists and feet when they get inside, I don't want to bring this old bone back, I'm afraid where he will come from? Chong Chang Sihao nodded, untied the sunset knife on his waist, Chang Sihao also took off the three knives of Snow Battle, Chopping Waves and Ben Lei, and handed them to the guards next to him, and the small short Tibetan knife in Sonam Gyatso's arms that seemed to be like an ornament was also handed over. Unqi waved his hand, and the guards removed the antlers, leaving the foreign army behind, and only let the four of them enter the gate.

Outside the big tent, Uenqi said in a loud voice: "Master Sonam Gyatso of Sera Monastery and two Han Ming friends have arrived. Someone inside responded in Mongolian, Qin Langchuan glanced at Chang Sihao, Chang Sihao understood in his heart, secretly thinking that if he wanted to be worthy of Sonam Gyatso, he would be sorry for the people on the border.

The curtain was lifted, and the four of them entered the tent, and a warm fragrance hit the face, only to see a person sitting in the center of the tent, wearing a white edelweiss hat, wearing a brocade plate and flower fur, a wide belt girdle, inlaid with precious stones, obliquely hung with dragon pattern coral waist, small white leather boots under his feet, pointed toe up, and a small pom-pom on it, looking at the face was actually a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. Several waitresses waited on both sides, and there was no one else.

Chang Sihao was full of energy and wanted to see me answer, so he went up and worked hard, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but be stunned.

As soon as the girl saw Sonam Gyatso, she immediately got out of her seat and ran over, pulling him with a smile and a smile, and Sonam Gyatso's joy was overflowing. Qin Chang and the others couldn't understand the Mongolian language they said, the second monk was confused, Qin Langchuan was afraid that there was another treacherous plot in it, so it was better to coerce the two of them first and then reason, and hurriedly glanced at Chang Sihao, meaning: "Do it!"