Seeing that the Buddha had gone crazy, the monks and soldiers began to storm Yangguan regardless of casualties, and countless high-level Qi cultivators pounced on the place where the blue star feather was issued.

"The magic weapon bed crossbow is indeed a unique weapon on the battlefield, if the number can be doubled, the range can cross and cover all the open space in front of the pass, as far as defending the city is concerned, the Tang army can be invincible. This kind of artifact is really incredible!" Chu Nanhuai sighed a lot.

His statement made everyone nod their heads.

Li Ye did not express an opinion.

No matter what kind of world we live in, there is no end to the improvement and progress of armaments. In a short period of time, the magic weapon bed crossbow is indeed an artifact, but if you lie on the merit book and do not want to make progress, it will gradually fall behind in the future.

Chu Nanhuai saw that Li Ye didn't speak, and suddenly asked curiously: "Where are your two guard girls?" As far as the old man knows, they are inseparable from you. Yangguan is such an important battlefield, if they help in the battle, the situation will be much better. Especially the little girl's Wanye Feihua is very suitable for dealing with a large number of siege warriors. ”

Li Ye didn't answer directly, and sold Guanzi, "They have other important matters." ”

"What else is important at the moment, can it be more important than guarding the Yang Pass?"

Chu Nan asked puzzledly, "Since you took them away from Pipa Mountain, it is not better to let them go back to help King Qi." After all, there is still the old bald donkey on King Qi's side, with some of the monks of Shimen to help, and it is not bad for the two girls who are ordered by the young man. ”

Seeing that Chu Nan had the intention of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, Li Ye sighed, "You are a lot of old people, what do you do so much about the affairs of juniors." Even if you care about juniors, you shouldn't care about juniors' women, which seems rude."

Of course, Li Ye didn't say this, that is, he secretly slandered him.

He said to Chu Nanhuai: "Old Dao, don't you feel strange if it's rare, such an important battle in Yangguan is related to the life and death of the Guiyi Army, but when Zhang Shuai came over, he only brought about half of the real realm cultivators. ”

When Li Ye said this, Chu Nanhuai couldn't help frowning and thinking about it.

Nangong first looked at how rare and strange you are, how can you not even think of such a simple truth, such a normal thing has to be a strange look, interjected: "What's strange about this? There are monks in Yangguan, and there are also monks in the east of Guazhou, and it is natural that Zhang Shuai does not bring all the masters over." What's more, didn't Zhang Shuai already order the elite cavalry of the Guiyi Army stationed in Dunhuang to rush to this side?"

For this martial artist with developed limbs and a simple mind, Li Ye didn't intend to waste his words with him, but after all, the other party opened his mouth, and he couldn't ignore it, and casually threw him a sentence of "You are right", even if it was perfunctory.

Although Nangong No. 1 was very satisfied with Li Ye's words, he was very angry with Li Ye's attitude, although he was not good at scheming, but his brain was not stupid, and he had already realized that there was a problem that he hadn't found, but Li Ye didn't say it.

Just as he was about to make Li Ye say a truth with a black face, otherwise he would have to pay the price for perfunctory wisdom and dignity, he heard Chu Nanhuai mutter: "The monks of Shimen have two main directions of attack, one is to drag the Tang monks from the northwest of the river, and the other is to capture the two states of Sha and Gua, destroy the Guiyi army, and connect the plateau, the Western Regions, and the west of the river.

"The monks of these two sides now have their own opponents, and they will not help each other, nor can they help each other. Therefore, if Zhang Huaishen wants to scruple about anything, he will definitely not be a monk of the Liberation Sect. ”

Hearing Chu Nanhuai say this, Nangong couldn't help but nodded, although he didn't understand very well, he felt that he said it very well.

What I don't understand is obvious, why can't the monks of the two sides help each other?

His head is not going to take a step forward, what will happen if the two Shakti monks forcibly help each other.

Li Ye only bowed slightly, agreeing with Chu Nanhuai's analysis, and had no intention of continuing to discuss this topic.

Li Xian, Su Emei and others all heard this, and they all understood the key, since the problem is not in Shimen, it is a problem within the Guiyi Army. There is no need to discuss the rest of the content, everyone already knows it.

Nangong saw that the people around him were all solemn, as if they had comprehended something, and it seemed to be quite serious, so he couldn't help but be even more anxious.

Obviously, the audience is full of smart people, and he is the only one who is ignorant, which makes him so anxious that the corners of his mouth twitch, and he can't scratch his ears and bother his cheeks, but he can't speak out and ask questions, so he really admits that he is the stupidest. I was uncomfortable for a while, and I just wanted to look up to the sky and yell.

It was impossible to look up to the sky and shout, Nangong No. 1 could only raise his head and look at the sky speechlessly, and by the way, he took out a jar of wine and poured it violently.

Jinchang County is the seat of Guazhou Prefecture, and it is also the place where the Guiyi Army is heavily guarded, and the current leader here is Zhang Yichao's son-in-law Suo Xun.

As the leader of the real power faction in the Guiyi Army, Suo Xun has a deep influence both in the army and in the Guazhou clan.

To what extent his influence is, I'm afraid only he and Zhang Huaishen know in their hearts. The first thing Zhang Huaishen did was to go to Guazhou to meet Suo Xun once, and then return to Shazhou and rush to Yangguan to support.

Li Ye had a very vague sentence before, the real human realm great cultivators in the Guiyi Army, Zhang Huaishen only brought about half of them to the 100,000 urgent Yangguan, maybe it was not to leave others to guard against any hidden dangers, but it was very likely that other real human realm great cultivators, he couldn't mobilize them at all now!

At this moment, Suo Xun was waiting for guests in the Xuan room.

The open rooms on several sides, although elegant, are not suitable for building in a place like Guazhou. On weekdays, the wind and sand are too big, and the hall will be filled in a moment, even if the bamboo curtains are lowered, they can't block the yellow sand.

However, this Xuan room in Suo Xun's Mansion was different, he spent a lot of money and asked master craftsmen to carefully arrange it, and arranged a small formation inside and outside the Xuan Chamber.

When the magic circle is launched, there is no bright and flickering light, which does not affect the enjoyment of the natural beauty such as rockery and lakes nearby; when the wind blows, the yellow sand can not get close to the slightest, and can only swirl and fall outside the magic circle, but the cool breeze can not be affected, and it is blown into the Xuan room through the magic circle, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, which can be called infinitely wonderful.

The plump and beautiful maid knelt beside her, with a slender waist and round hips and exquisite curves, indescribably mature and charming, and her appearance of concentrating and making tea was tranquil and elegant, as if she had come out of the picture of a lady.

Whether it is twisting the lid to put tea, fanning and smelling the fragrance, every move is beautiful and gentle, and the charm is long.

Zhang Huaiding, who was sitting opposite Suo Xun, was almost fascinated by it, his eyes were wide, his pupils were narrowed, and his hands were deformed by his knees and clothes, and he still didn't know it.

In the northwest, the folk customs are simple and heroic, and they like to drink the most on weekdays, and this is especially true for hospitality, even if it is a large family. But for Zhang Huaiding, Suo Xun and others, who claim to be descendants of Han and Tang Dynasty masters and boast of their elegant and elegant self-proclaim, cooking tea in the Xuan Room is an act that can show their identity and heritage.

Suo Xun, who has a strong temperament, and Zhang Huaiding, who is weak in literature, gradually blushed and red, even breathing rapidly, a touch of pride flashed across his face, but there was disdain in his eyes.

He smiled kindly and kindly: "This woman is a gentleman I invited from the Central Plains, after years of training, although I dare not say that I am proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but compared to those self-proclaimed scribes in Guazhou, I don't know how much stronger." Especially the way of cooking tea, it has won three flavors, and everyone who sees it praises it. If you like it, I have a few more beauties of the same kind, so I'll pick two of them later and send them to your house, how about it?"

As Zhang Yichao's biological son, Zhang Huaiding and Suo Xun are already close, and they are enthusiastic about him in the other direction, and they almost have nothing to say about each other, so it is naturally not strange to see such a thing.

Zhang Huaiding came back to his senses, his tense body loosened, but his red eyes did not return to normal, and he arched his hand to Suo Xun and said: "Forget about other beauties, if my brother-in-law is willing to give this girl to my younger brother, my little brother will be satisfied and grateful." ”

Suo Xun smiled like an old fox and said, "You have a good eye." But this woman is my beloved thing, and I can't pity it, how can I give it to others? A gentleman doesn't take away people's favors, and your request makes me embarrassed. ”

Speaking of his beloved "things", Suo Xun spoke in a calm tone, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it.

When the maid heard this, she lowered her head two points unnaturally, and her movements were also two points more careful.

The young Zhang Huaiding begged with a shy face: "Brother-in-law, I like this, you can give it to me, right?"

Suo Xun laughed and waved his hand magnificently, "I know that you kid, every time you come back to my house, you will snatch my beloved things!

Zhang Huaiding got the benefit, immediately smiled, and got up to thank him again and again. When he looked at the maid again, his naked gaze was completely undisguised, as if he wanted to correct the other party on the spot. only to see the other party blushing and the root of his neck, his delicate body began to tremble, and he applauded again and again.

Normally, Suo Xun might get up and leave, hand over the venue to Zhang Huaiding, and let him do whatever he wants. This is really common between the two, in fact, the first time Zhang Huaishen visited the Qinglou, it was led by Suo Xun.

When Zhang Yichao left the Guiyi Army, Zhang Huaiding was still young, and on his growth path, a man should understand the affairs of the association, almost all of which were done by Suo Xun, to a certain extent, Suo Xun was like a brother and a father.

Because of this, he is also obedient to Suo Xun.

But this time, Suo Xun didn't get up, but waved his hand and asked the maid who had just cooked the tea to leave.

Ignoring Zhang Huaiding's call, Suo Xun took care of himself and picked up the tea bowl and tasted tea.

When Zhang Huaiding calmed down and looked at him with a puzzled and resentful expression, Suo Xun put down the tea bowl and said with a deep gaze: "Mianzhi, do you know how much is happening in Shazhou right now?"

It was Zhang Huaiding's words, and he wondered: "Brother-in-law is saying that the Liberation Gate is in trouble? This matter has its own moderation to deal with with my brother-in-law, and I think it will not go wrong." Although I have the name of the deputy capital of the Guiyi Army, I am just an idle job, and I have never done anything, and my brother-in-law asked me what I was doing?"

Suo Xun sighed, looked like he hated iron but not steel, and said earnestly: "I told you a long time ago, you are not young anymore, you can no longer be idle, you should take care of the affairs of the army." The Guiyi Army was left behind by your father, how can you ignore anything?"

Zhang Huai was embarrassed and embarrassed.

It's not that he hasn't been to the army, at first he still had the ambition of a son to inherit his father's ambition, but he just ran errands, always the bull's head was not in the horse's mouth, and the orders he ordered to go down always had no good results after being executed.

In addition, since he was a child, he was pampered and couldn't endure the hardships of the army, so he became impatient over time, and he didn't bother to go to the barracks again.

Suo Xun said him many times for this, but it didn't help, so he could only sigh in vain.

Zhang Huaiding reluctantly said: "Brother-in-law, is it very troublesome this time, and it is difficult for the Jiedu to deal with you?"

Zhang Huaishen is his cousin, but he never calls each other like this, but only calls him Jiedu Envoy, which shows the strangeness of the relationship between the two.

To be honest, Zhang Huaiding has a very poor relationship with Zhang Huaishen, and he has been like this since he was a child. What the cause was, Zhang Huaiding had already forgotten, he only knew that the other party was very annoying, and he had beaten him and scolded him, more than once or twice.

Suo Xun's face was solemn, and he sighed and said: "This time, Shimen gathered an army of 100,000 monks, attacked Yangguan, and threatened to return to the righteous army in blood, so that the chickens and dogs in Sha and Gua will not be left!"

"Now, the soldiers of the Guiyi Army are fighting a bloody battle in Yangguan, and the battle is extremely tragic. I have tried my best to send reinforcements to the past, but at the moment there are also many monks from Guazhou who are trying to support from within, and I have to deal with it carefully, so there are not many reinforcements sent. ”

"An army of 100,000 monks?!" Hearing this number, Zhang Huaiding was startled and almost fled directly.

Waiting for the other party to sit back in embarrassment, Suo Xun stared at him and said: "You have to be ready to escape, the foundation of the Guiyi Army is likely to be unable to hold! If the situation is not good, you can take people straight to the grassland, if you are lucky enough, you may be able to save a life!"

Zhang Huaiding's eyes widened: "Grass and grassland? How can I live in that wild land? I, I can't herd sheep! Moreover, the grassland barbarians are extremely smelly, and there is nothing good to eat, how can I live brother-in-law! You, you don't come with me?"

Suo Xun closed his eyes and said bitterly: "I am the deputy marshal of the Guiyi Army, sitting in Guazhou, how can I leave my post without permission? If the Shimen army really comes, I will also die in the city to protect the glory of the Guiyi Army!"

Zhang Huaiding suddenly sat on the ground, lost his soul.

He understands Suo Xun as a person, and the other party will really choose like this!

Going to the grassland, in the opinion of the pampered Zhang Huaiding, what is the difference between going to hell?

Suo Xun sighed, but there were no superfluous words.

After half a ring, Zhang Huaiding didn't speak again, which made him peek at Zhang Huaiding a few times, and he was a little anxious, why didn't the other party ask that key question?

Regardless of what he said next?

Could it be that this kid is so confused that he can't even think of this question?

Just when Suo Xun couldn't hold it back, Zhang Huaiding suddenly looked at him and asked urgently: "Brother-in-law, Shimen is fine, and he has no grudges and no grudges against our Guiyi Army, how can he suddenly send an army of 100,000 monks and want to wash us in blood?

Suo Xun sighed, raised his head, and was full of grief: "It's not because of your cousin? He has been suppressing Shimen all these years, and he secretly knows how many monks he has murdered, how can he not attract Shimen's revenge?"

Zhang Huaiding was shocked: "Why does he have a grudge with Shimen?!"

The corners of Suo Xun's mouth twitched, and his facial features were distorted together, "He has taken refuge in Mingjiao." ”

"Mingjiao?Uighurs?!" Zhang Huaiding jumped up suddenly, no matter how careless he was, he also knew that the Guiyi army and the Uighurs were an endless blood feud, "how could he be like this?!"

Suo Xun looked at Zhang Huaiding sadly, "I don't know. It was only when he heard rumors that he had accepted the canonization of the Uighur Khan and had ascended to the throne. The Uighurs and Tibetans were in the Western Regions

After many years of bloody war, Mingjiao and Shimen are great enemies, how can Jiedu make such a move, how can he not attract the revenge of Shimen?"

"Confused! Confused!" Zhang Huaiding thumped his chest, "How can the Jiedu envoy be so confused! The Uighurs are clearly deceiving him, using him as a knife and letting him fight with the Liberation Sect so that he can benefit from the fisherman!"

Although Zhang Huaiding was a gentleman, he was not stupid, at least not so stupid that he did not know that the Uighurs had always wanted the two states of Sand and Gua. After all, the Uighurs had been attacking the Guiyi army.

Suo Xun poured the tea down as wine, slammed it on the table with a fist, and said fiercely: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more! Reluctantly, you run quickly, leave blood for the Zhang family! I can't go, even if the Jiedu envoy makes a mistake, I can't go, the Guiyi army is about to die, as the deputy commander, I must fight with my comrades to the end and die together!"

Zhang Huaiding rushed to Suo Xun in one step, grabbed him and shook him desperately: "Brother-in-law, you can't do this! Why should the mistakes made by the Jiedu envoy be buried by the whole army of the righteous army? Then, that is the brainchild of his father, how can he be buried? He is not his father's son in the first place!"

"I, I don't want to go to the grassland, I won't die! Isn't the Shimen attacking the Guiyi Army just wanting to take revenge? We just hand him over! Why should he want us to die with him when he made a mistake alone?!"

Suo Xun looked up at Zhang Huaishen, opened his mouth, and was speechless.

At the end, he smiled bitterly, "Mianzhi, do you know what you're talking about?"

Zhang Huaishen's face turned red and he was indignant, "I know! We launched a mutiny. No, it is not a mutiny, we are cleaning up the portal! Catch Zhang Huaishen, a dog thief, and send him to Shimen! In this way, we may be able to release our past suspicions with Shimen! Only in this way can we keep the Guiyi Army!"

Suo Xun's hands trembled, as if he was about to faint, and he closed his eyes for a long time before he said, "No, no, we can't do this." After all, he is a festival envoy, and we can't commit any offenses, which will bring disaster to the Guiyi army."

"Brother-in-law, let him live is the disaster of the Guiyi Army!" Zhang Huaiding's face was hideous, almost crazy, "We are here to save the Guiyi Army! Brother-in-law, as a deputy marshal, do you want to watch the Guiyi Army perish?"

"I, I" Suo Xun hesitated for a while, and didn't say a complete sentence, his facial features twisted together, and his face became a bun face.

Zhang Huaiding had already made up his mind, he suddenly took two steps back, stood up straight, looked at Suo Xun condescendingly, and said loudly: "I am my father's own son, I must protect my father's inheritance, and I must save the lives of 100,000 soldiers of the Guiyi Army!"

Suo Xun's eyes lit up, he gritted his teeth, and then made up his mind, walked out of the desk, came to the hall, and bowed down to Zhang Huaiding, "Mian Zhi has such pride, Suo Xun is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is willing to help Mian Zhi, and help the Jiedu envoy! Suo Xun, the deputy jiedu envoy of the Guiyi Army, meet the Jiedu envoy!"

Zhang Huaiding's intuition was full of enthusiasm, as if he saw that there was a golden avenue in front of him.

That is his glorious path, and he will definitely lead the soldiers of the Guiyi Army to open up a new world in the position he should be!

After discussing the plan to raise the army, Suo Xun asked Zhang Huaiding to go back to his house, put on his armor, bring his own guards and come over again, and then they went to the barracks together.

Zhang Huaiding, who felt that his mission was like heaven and his ambition was about to be rewarded, after leaving in great strides, Suo Xun no longer had the slightest expression on his face, and returned to the backyard indifferently, called his wife, and asked him to put on armor for himself.

"Kill Zhang Huaishen, right now. In the face of his wife, Suo Xun did not hide his emotions, and said nine words smoothly, but his strength was like a golden stone.

Suo Zhang sighed while piercing his armor, "In order to make him in place, you have been planning for many years, and now that the matter is coming, there is no need to worry." ”

Suo Xun suddenly turned around, held his wife's hand, looked into his eyes and said, "You know very well that I lured Mian Zhi this time and let him come to the stage, just so that I don't bear the notoriety of murdering the Jiedu envoy." ”

Suo Zhang nodded.

Suo Xun continued: "You also know that Zhang Huaishen has a deep prestige in the army, and he is loved by the soldiers, so he reluctantly takes the lead in raising troops, and after killing Zhang Huaishen, it will inevitably cause resentment from the Guiyi army, and he can't sit in this position at all. ”

Suo Zhang didn't speak, just looked at him.

Suo Xun continued: "After two years, I will take advantage of the soldiers' hatred for Mian Zhi, raise my arms, and pull him down from the position of the Jiedu envoy!

Suo Zhang's smile was sad, "Mian Zhi has been brought out by you since he was a child, he has become a useless waste, he entered the military camp, experienced two years of training, and may be able to change himself, but you secretly made a stumbling block, so that every military order he issued became unrecognizable, which consumed his self-confidence and patience, and made him lose the last chance to become a talent."

"In order to separate him from Zhang Huaishen, you let him bully the family of the soldier without his knowledge, and when you let him flirt with the woman of the good family, Zhang Huaishen hit him squarely, causing Zhang Huaishen to beat and scold him, and he was very disappointed.

"Didn't you do all this for this plan?"

The muscles on Suo Xun's face twitched, and he asked his wife in a deep voice: "In order to get the position of Jiedu, I have exhausted all my organs, do you hate me?"

The wife burst into tears, bit her lip a few times, and then said quietly: "You are a festival envoy, and our son can be a festival envoy." I'm a mother, how can I not want to see my son in power?"

Suo Xun let out a long breath, gently wiped away his tears for his wife, and said softly: "It's naturally good that you can understand this." Isn't all this for our son?"

Suo Zhang let her husband wipe away her tears, and continued to put on armor for him, and then asked: "It is not without difficulty to kill Zhang Huaishen and become an envoy of the festival. Moreover, after all, the army of monks of the Liberation Gate is right in front of you, how can you protect the rebel army in front of them?"

Suo Xun smiled, and Cheng Zhu was in his chest, "Don't hide it from you, I have already formed an alliance with Shimen! Shimen has promised that as long as the two prefectures of Sha and Gua worship the Holy Buddha and the Guiyi army accept the jurisdiction of Shimen, they will always support me. ”

Suo Zhang's face relaxed, "In this way, it is naturally the best." ”

Suo Xun said hesitantly: "It's not very good. This is just a stopgap measure to tide over the current difficulties. In fact, I have already made contact with the Uighur Khan.

"When the time is ripe, I will release the Falcon army into Yangguan, and let the Mingjiao and Shimen fight for a fish, and then I will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and even take the opportunity to restore my father-in-law's prosperous deeds! At that time, who will not bow down to me from the top and bottom of the Guiyi army, including the Tang people in Hexi and Northwest?

"If everything goes well, there are still great achievements waiting for me Suo Xun! In the future, it is not impossible for our son to become the one who really holds the power!"

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors